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Article: Living downstream.(In Brief)(Northwest Territories Association of Communities' conference pollution of oil sands industry )(Brief article)(Conference notes)
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- Alternatives Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Alberta's oil sands industry was up for discussion at the Northwest Territories Association of Communities' annual conference this past May in Inuvik. Attendees from 33 northern communities are concerned about tailings ponds near Fort McMurray. Collectively, they hold 720 billion litres of wastewater, which could pollute the north-flowing Athabasca River. Residents and officials from ...