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A scathing new report by Environmental Defense:

Canada’s Toxic Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project On Earth

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An alarming new study by Dr. Kevin P. Timoney:

A Study Of Water And Sediment Quality As Related To Public Health Issues, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

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tar sands greenhouse gas

Research into emissions from oil production By Kealan Gell

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A report by the Polaris Institute from tits Alberta Tar Sands profile series:

A Dirty Little Secret: Canada’s Global Warming Engine

Check out their tar sands campaign at: www.tarsandswatch.org

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A joint effort by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), the Parkland Institute and the Polaris Institute:

Fueling Fortress America - A Report on the Athabasca Tar Sands and U.S. Demands for Canada’s Energy

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Check out the Alberta Federation of Labour and its Down The Pipeline and Temporary Foreign Workers campaigns:

http://www.afl.org/campaigns-issues/pipeline/default.cfm
http://www.afl.org/campaigns-issues/tempworker/default.cfm

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Oil Sands Truth is a comprehensive look at the myriad problems associated with current tar sands developments. The website includes countless link to a wide range of news stories, from climate change and forests, to gender and war, to nuclear, labour and more.

http://www.oilsandstruth.org

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Tar Sands Time Out is the tar sands campaign site for the Sierra Club of Canada’s Prairie Chapter. Check out stories of impacted communities, fact sheets and resources, and understand a little more the depth of impacts felt by developments in northern Alberta.

http://www.tarsandstimeout.ca

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The Dominion Paper has been blogging straight from the tar sands. Check it out:

http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs

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Connecting the Drops is an outreach and awareness campaign that culminates in a two-month expedition along the entire length of the Athabasca River. The expedition celebrates this extraordinary western waterway, a symbol of Canadian identity and wilderness. Check it out:

http://www.connectingthedrops.ca/

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An excellent report by the Pembina Institute:

Carbon Neutral 2020 - A Leadership Opportunity in the Tar Sands

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A great little opinion piece from the Council of Canadians on how trade deals affect energy developments here in Canada — an important thing to keep in mind as Prime Minister Harper meets with Presidents Bush and Calderon on the Security and Prosperity Partnership for North America later this summer.

http://www.canadians.org/publications/CP/2007/summer/Laxer.html

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Official website for the $10 billion Horizon Oil Project near Fort McMurray:

http://www.cnrl.com/horizon/

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Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Forecast, 2007:

capp-2007-forecast.pdf