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Tar Sands

Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

Tar Sands( )
Author: Nikiforuk, Andrew
ISBN:978-1-55365-407-0
Publication Date:Mar 2009
Publisher:Greystone Books Ltd.
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $15.95
Book Description:

Winner of the 2009 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award, from the Society of Environmental Journalists

Canada 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...
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Book Details
Pages:208
Detailed Subjects: Technology & Engineering / Petroleum
Social Science / Sociology / General
History / Canada / Provincial, Territorial & Local / Prairie Provinces (Ab, Mb, Sk)
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.56 Inches
Book Weight:0.656 Pounds



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