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Keywords
Bitumen
Boreal forests
Climate (campaign title)
Close ups
Deforestation
Energy
Forests (campaign title)
KWCI (GPI)
Oil (fossil fuel)
Oil exploration
Outdoors
Pollution
Tar sands
Bituminous Sands in Alberta Tar Sands
Detail view of bituminous sands at the Bitumount oil extraction site on the river Athabasca north of Fort McMurray.
Unique identifier:
GP01UMF
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
19/07/2009
Locations:
Alberta
,
Bitumount
,
Canada
,
Fort McMurray
,
North America
Credit line:
© Jiri Rezac / Greenpeace
Ranking:
★★★★★★ (B)
Containers
Shoot:
Tar Sands & Boreal Forest - Alberta (2 of 3)
Buried below the Boreal Forest of northern Alberta is 3rd largest proven reserve of oil known as the tar sands. Deposits of tar sands are spread out over 138 000 km2 of land (an area the size of Florida) and including 4.3 million hectares of the Boreal Forest. Tar sands are solid at room temperature so it requires more energy and water to extract this oil, making them one of the dirtiest oils on the planet.
Related Collections:
Koch Industries Report
Tar Sands Documentation in Canada (All Photographers & Videos)
Tarnished Earth (All Photographers)
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