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Satellite images of tailings ponds—Environmental Defence
By Alan Septoff
Monday, January 25, 2010
Environmental Defence Canada has posted satellite images published in association with their astonishing report 11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands’ Leaking Legacy.
From Environmental Defence’s blog:
“In the spirit of information wanting to be free, and with a credit to Global Forest Watch Canada, below are the satellite images of toxic tailings “ponds” (lakes, really) from the tar sands we first published in our report about tailings ponds leakage – in short, all of the ponds leak massive amounts of toxic materials into the groundwater every day. The series shows the growth of the earthen structures from 1974 through to the present, including the last one showing the future – the ponds now approved to happen.”
Below are two of the five images on EDC’s site showing the growth of tar sands tailings ponds over time:
Tailings ponds have been colored yellow
1974
2008
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