Once Unstoppable, Tar Sands Now Battered from All Sides

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By Yale Environment 360Feb 1, 2016, 8:30 am73 pts
Canada’s tar sands industry is in crisis as oil prices plummet, pipeline projects are killed, and new liberal governments in Alberta and Ottawa vow less reliance on this highly polluting energy source. Is this the beginning of the end for the tar sands juggernaut? BY ED STRUZIK

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