The "Apocalyptic Endgame" of Tar Sand Oil Extraction

The Leonard Lopate Show | Nov 19, 2014

Mining petroleum from the Canadian tar sands is one of the most labor intensive extraction processes ever undertaken. Ted Genoways explains how tar sands mining is done and looks at its environmental and health consequences. His article “The High Cost of Oil” appears in the December issue of Outside magazine.

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