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Oil Sands Project in the Dock
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Another day, another court room battle concerning big oil. This time its oil sands in the dock. Imperial Oil’s (majority owned by Exxon) fight to win the right to drain muskeg at an oil sands project begins today in an Alberta courtroom. At a time of intense public scrutiny of the region and the way the oil is extracted from the ground, the stakes have never been higher. At stake is the proposed $8-billion Kearl oil sands mine as well as the widening debate about the ecological costs of oil sands. Without the permit, Imperial and Exxon, its 30-per-cent partner in the Kearl mine, can’t go ahead with plans to drain the boggy muskeg at the Kearl site, 70 kilometres north of Fort McMurray.
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