For the first time, this report, from Environmental Defense, uses industry information to arrive at a conservative estimate of what the overall leakage from the tar sands tailings ponds is today and also what it would likely be if proposed projects go ahead.
The results are staggering....
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
11 MILLION LITRES A DAY: THE TAR SANDS' LEAKING LEGACY
For the first time, this report, from Environmental Defense, uses industry information to arrive at a conservative estimate of what the overall leakage from the tar sands tailings ponds is today and also what it would likely be if proposed projects go ahead.
The results are staggering....
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