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Mon, 2010-07-19 14:26Kevin Grandia
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Bombshell: Canadian Gov't Committee Tears Up Critical Tar Sands Report

There is spin-doctoring an issue and then there is just tearing up evidence.

Two weeks ago there was news that Canada's Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development had literally torn up draft copies of a report [1]looking into the impacts the country's massive tar sands operations were having on the fresh water supply.

Writing on the Tyee, author and tar sands expert Andrew Nikiforuk outlines in shocking detail just how much evidence was covered up by the Committee.

It is well worth the read:  What Those Who Killed the Tar Sands Report Don't Want You to Know [2]

Tags: 
canada tar sands [3]
Andrew Nikiforuk [4]
canada oil sands [5]
Read more: Bombshell: Canadian Gov't Committee Tears Up Critical Tar Sands Report [6]
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Links:
[1] http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Politicians+cancel+oilsands+pollution+probe/3242727/story.html
[2] http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2010/07/15/TarSandsReport/?utm_source=mondayheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=190710
[3] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/3165
[4] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/3173
[5] http://desmogblog.com/directory/vocabulary/3267
[6] http://desmogblog.com/bombshell-canadian-govt-committee-tears-critical-tar-sands-report