Study suggests oilsands pollutant release vastly higher than official estimates
Industry figures suggest the oilsands release about 68 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
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Industry figures suggest the oilsands release about 68 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year
Oil operations release vast quantities of damaging particles and noxious compounds.
Alberta's oilsands are releasing possibly toxic compounds into the air at rates higher than official estimates, a study says. Find out more.
Authors of a report published in the journal Science, say the massive releases of volatile organic compounds, separate from the industry's climate-change-causing emissions, raise concerns about what those hundreds of complex, highly reactive chemicals are doing in the environment.
Alberta's oilsands are releasing possibly toxic compounds into the air at rates higher than official estimates, a study says. Find out more.