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From: Jacob Snyder3/27/2011 12:14:11 AM
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Canada Proposes Beefed Up Monitoring of Oil Sands

Canada's federal government has proposed a plan to revamp environmental monitoring in the country's oil-sands industry in response to criticism of the current system and amid growing environmental and regulatory scrutiny in Canada and the U.S.

The proposed regulatory overhaul comes after a recent series of reports and scientific studies concluded the existing environmental monitoring system has failed to examine all the sources of pollution created by the oil-sands industry. The U.S. State Department, meanwhile, delayed this month approval of a key Canadian oil pipeline that will transport mostly oil-sands crude to the U.S., pending more environmental studies...

Flaws in Alberta's current monitoring system were exposed last year by University of Alberta water scientist David Schindler. His work showed that air pollution from the oil sands industry was settling on snow and then melting into the Athabasca River, and possibly impacting health of animals and humans downstream.

After first insisting that the pollution Mr. Schindler uncovered was naturally present, rather than created by the industry, the Alberta government admitted this year that its monitoring system, a joint-effort between the provincial government, oil-sand companies and native groups, was inadequate to measure the kind of pollution discovered in the region. online.wsj.com
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