Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows - The Tyee

Oil sands processing on Alberta’s Athabasca River. Despite repeated government claims that the world’s largest energy project doesn’t contaminate the Athabasca River, a new scientific study released today shows that air pollution from the oil sands industry combined with extensive watershed destruction has released a highly toxic brew of heavy metals into northern waterways. ‘We Got that Deleted’: Canada’s Oil Sands Lobby Twisting Washington’s Arm READ MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS, EVENTS & MORE FROM TYEE AND SELECT PARTNERS Bard on the Beach’s ‘Antigone’ Gives New Voice to the Women In this contemp…