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Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos) 

Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos) 

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GP0ALB8R 
05/25/2008 
A collection of documentation images and clips from 2008 and 2009 on tar sands in Canada.
Canada's tar sands, located in the province of Alberta, are an oil reserve the size of England. Extracting the crude oil called bitumen from underneath unspoiled wilderness requires a massive industrialized effort with far-reaching impacts on the land, air, water, and climate. Getting the oil out of the tar sands uses roughly three barrels of water per barrel of oil, or as much water as a city of two million people. After use in tar sands processing, 90 per cent of this water is so contaminated with toxic chemicals that it must be stored in tailings ponds so huge that they can be seen from outer space. Tar sands oil production releases five times more greenhouse gases than conventional oil production. Tar sands activities also affect the health of local communities, causing fish deformities and increased cancer rates. 
25 June, 2008 
GP03X3O 
Alberta Tar Sands "Nature" 
★★★★ (E) 
Syncrude Facility at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC5 
Syncrude Facility at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
An Open-Pit Mine at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC4 
An Open-Pit Mine at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Earth Movers at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
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Earth Movers at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Earth Mover at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC2 
Earth Mover at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Tailings pond at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC1 
Tailings pond at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★★★ (B) 
Tailings Pond at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC0 
Tailings Pond at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Communications Tower at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QCC 
Communications Tower at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Athabasca Lodge at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
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Athabasca Lodge at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Reaction to Duck Deaths at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QBY 
Reaction to Duck Deaths at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Workers' Housing at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QCB 
Workers' Housing at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Heavy Traffic at Alberta Tar Sands
23 May, 2008 
GP01QCA 
Heavy Traffic at Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
An Earth Mover at the Alberta Tar Sands
23 May, 2008 
GP01QC9 
An Earth Mover at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Wilderness Destruction at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC8 
Wilderness Destruction at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Tailings Pond at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC7 
Tailings Pond at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Tailings Pond at the Alberta Tar Sands
22 May, 2008 
GP01QC6 
Tailings Pond at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Open Pit Mining at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QD0 
Open Pit Mining at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Suncor Facility next to the Athabasca River at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCX 
Suncor Facility next to the Athabasca River at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Air Pollution from the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCV 
Air Pollution from the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★★★ (B) 
Sulfur Deposits, a By-Product of the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCU 
Sulfur Deposits, a By-Product of the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Sulphur Deposits at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCT 
Sulphur Deposits at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Air Pollution at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCS 
Air Pollution at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
An Open-Pit Mine at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCR 
An Open-Pit Mine at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Suncor Production Facility at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCY 
Suncor Production Facility at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
Open-pit Mine at the Alberta Tar Sands
25 June, 2008 
GP01QCZ 
Open-pit Mine at the Alberta Tar Sands 
★★★★ (E) 
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