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May 11, 2012

Canada's Oil Sands Battle Isn't Over

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BRUSSELS/OTTAWA — There’s a science to using science.

On May 9, the government of Alberta released a study into the extra carbon emitted by crude produced using oilsands instead of more conventional sources. The study, by a unit of California-based Jacobs Engineering Group, found that emissions from oilsands crude are just 12 per cent higher than from regular crude.



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