Q&A: Kate Beaton Describes the Toll Taken by Alberta’s Oil Sands on Wildlife and the Workers Who Mine the Viscous Crude

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Jul 1, 2023, 9:00 am664 ptsHotTop
The title of her graphic memoir, “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands,” refers to an incident in 2008 when hundreds of ducks landed on a pond of mine tailings and died. From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Host Jenni Doering and…

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