Audio: Waste and Water in Alberta’s Tar Sands

August 11, 2009

The Alberta Tar Sands is the world’s greatest environmental crime. In addition to wrecking the landscape and generating huge quantities of greenhouse gases, the industry generates a staggering amount of toxic waste that threatens catastrophic destruction to rivers and ground water.

From The Current, on CBC Radio. Approximately 25 minutes.

(Thanks to Roger Annis for alerting us to this.)

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  1. Louis Helbig on August 11th, 2009 1:23 pm

    Some thought provoking visuals to accompany the Current’s documentary.

    http://www.beautifuldestruction.ca for an exhibition

    http://www.louishelbig.com for a wide range of aerial photos of the tar sands

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