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Ducks Death a Small Fraction of Victims

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May 7, 2008 | Brookes Merritt
The ducks killed in Syncrude's toxic oil slough spent winters waddling around backyards in Texas, not far from the offices of...
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Alberta's Emission Mission far from Accomplished

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May 7, 2008 | Jeffrey Simpson
The two most parodied words in U.S. political circles, and in the country at large, are "Mission Accomplished." They appeared on a banner,...
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Environment 'an increasing factor'

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May 7, 2008 | David Ebner
Imperial Oil's fight to win the right to drain muskeg at an oil sands project begins today in an Alberta courtroom....
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Tar Sands Cartoon

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May 7, 2008

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Alberta's oilsands industry needs to clean up its act

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May 6, 2008 | Gary Lamphier
EDMONTON - It's not really about the ducks. Awful as it was, the grisly deaths of some 500 birds last week in...
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Some say more birds die after landing in toxic Alberta ponds than reported

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May 5, 2008
Some say more birds die after landing in toxic Alberta ponds than reported EDMONTON _ Scientists and conservationists say the number...
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Company not off the hook for duck incident: Stelmach

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May 5, 2008 | Kelly Cryderman
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach says Syncrude isn't off the hook despite the fact the oilsands company placed full-page ads...
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Scenes from the Tar Wars

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May 5, 2008 | Josh Harkinson
As Canada scrambles to dig up some of the world's dirtiest oil, a bush doctor tracks mysterious diseases, poisoned rivers, and...
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Alberta rejects inquiry into death of ducks

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May 5, 2008 | Canadian Press
Edmonton -- Alberta Environment Minister Rob Renner has rejected a call by Greenpeace for a public inquiry into the death of...
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Prentice promises punishment for bird deaths in oilsands ponds

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May 5, 2008 | Jeffrey Jones
CALGARY -- Industry Minister Jim Prentice sought to calm an international uproar over hundreds of ducks killed at Canada's biggest oilsands...
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