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Alberta pipeline oil spills, gas emissions stain Canada's green rep

Three oil spills in a month. Missing greenhouse gas reduction targets. What's happening to the US' nice green neighbor?

A tailings pond in front of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. Environmentalists have long pushed for an end to Canada's oil sands mining. Now, Alberta has seen three oil spills in two months, fueling fears of contaminated drinking water.

Mark Ralston

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