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Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

Andrew Nikiforuk

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Description:Winner of the 2009 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award , from the Society of Environmental JournalistsCanada has one third of the world’s oil source; it comes from the bitumen in the oil sands of Alberta. Advancements in technology and frenzied development have created the world’s largest energy project in Fort McMurray where, rather than shooting up like a fountain in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, the sticky bitumen is extracted from the earth. Providing almost 20 percent of America’s fuel, much of this dirty oil is being processed in refineries in the Midwest. This out-of-control megaproject is polluting the air, poisoning the water, and destroying boreal forest at a rate almost too rapid to be imagined. In this hard-hitting book, journalist Andrew Nikiforuk exposes the disastrous environmental, social, and political costs of the tar sands and argues forcefully for change.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. To get started finding Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Winner of the 2009 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award , from the Society of Environmental JournalistsCanada has one third of the world’s oil source; it comes from the bitumen in the oil sands of Alberta. Advancements in technology and frenzied development have created the world’s largest energy project in Fort McMurray where, rather than shooting up like a fountain in the deserts of Saudi Arabia, the sticky bitumen is extracted from the earth. Providing almost 20 percent of America’s fuel, much of this dirty oil is being processed in refineries in the Midwest. This out-of-control megaproject is polluting the air, poisoning the water, and destroying boreal forest at a rate almost too rapid to be imagined. In this hard-hitting book, journalist Andrew Nikiforuk exposes the disastrous environmental, social, and political costs of the tar sands and argues forcefully for change.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent. To get started finding Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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