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Province Investigates After Spill Complaint on Athabasca River
2013-07-08 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) is demanding answers and action from the province following reports of a large petrochemical spill in the Athabasca River. A member of the ACFN first reported seeing a large oily sheen on the river about 60 kilometres north of Fort McMurray on Saturday morning. By the afternoon, the sheen had grown to over 100 kilometres in length, said Chief Allan Adam in a release made Sunday. Believing the sheen to be the result of a petrochemical leak, the...
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