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Capturing and storing some of the carbon that would be released in the processing of Canada's tar sands may not clean the industry up. To turn the vast but dirty resource into useable oil, Canada will have to spew vast amounts of greenhouse gases.

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Date Of Record Release 2009-10-27 15:10:17
Description Capturing and storing some of the carbon that would be released in the processing of Canada's tar sands may not clean the industry up. To turn the vast but dirty resource into useable oil, Canada will have to spew vast amounts of greenhouse gases.
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Source New Scientist Magazine
Keyword Oil, Oil sand, Tar sand, Sands
Date Of Record Creation 2009-10-27 15:06:56
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Date Last Modified 2009-10-27 15:10:17
Language English
Date Record Checked: 2009-10-25 00:00:00 (W3C-DTF)

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