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Oil-sands expansion conditionally approved despite significant effects on wildlife
2013-07-10 15:37:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Federal and Alberta regulators have conditionally approved Royal Dutch Shell's multibillion-dollar Jackpine oil-sands mine expansion despite their findings that it would have a number of adverse environmental impacts. A joint review panel, appointed by the federal Environment Minister and the provincial energy regulator, ruled that the project's effects on wildlife and vegetation will be significant, but that it is nonetheless in the public interest. Alberta and Ottawa will now make their own...
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