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Distro - Alberta Tar Sands

Larry Towell

Larry Towell recently visited the Alberta Tar Sands to document its landscape of strip mining, trailings ponds, toxins, and deforestation.

Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben in their forward to A Line In The Tar Sands* called the Alberta Tar Sands “the continent’s largest carbon bomb” (xviii). The extraction of oil from bitumen, a combination of sand and oil separated by hot water with its variety of chemicals, has released more CO2 than the combined emissions 100 countries (p.15). Since global CO2 emissions created by the burning of fossil fuels is the largest factor contributing to the warming...

Larry Towell 2015

CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Suncor tar sands processing....

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Trailings ponds.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining. Trailing...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining. Trailings...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Strip mining, trailings...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Trailings ponds.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Sulphur piles.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Open pit mining. Trailings...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Suncor. Bitumen processing....

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CANADA. Fort McMurray area, Alberta. 2015.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Trailings ponds.

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CANADA. Fort McKay First Nations Reservation. 2015. Garbage dump....

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Temporary water line being...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray area, Alberta. 2015. Deforestation. Clear...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray area, Alberta. 2015. Deforestation. Clear...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray area, Alberta. 2015. Gravel pit. Syncrude...

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CANADA. Bitumount, Alberta. 2015. Site of the world’s first two...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray area, Alberta. 2015. MRM Mine and rainbow....

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Syncrude tar sands processing...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Mock human posed to scare...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Housing for temporary oil...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Bus loading zone near housing...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Scrap metal yard.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray area, Alberta. 2015. Albion Sands parking...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray, Alberta. 2015. Housing for temporary oil...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Teenagers.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Girl watering her...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Horse and rider.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Track Rider.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Trick rider.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Cowboy and girlfriend....

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Chrome Testicles...

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. Trick rider.

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CANADA. Fort McMurray Rodeo, Alberta. 2015. "I Love Oil Sands"...

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