There is a nationwide effort from Harper's Conservative government and Big Oil to try to make the case that tar sands oil is not so bad for the environment. Together they are spending millions of dollars to try to greenwash the tar sands. However as pointed out in this Environmental Defense "reality check" The tar sands industry is wasting and polluting vast quantities of water.
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