Oil sands pollution comparable to a large power plant

Scientists studying air pollution produced by excavation of oil sands have found elevated levels of the pollutants nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide within 50 km of the mines in Alberta, Canada. For more information, see the AGU Press Release from February 22, 2012.


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