Mercury Contamination and Unconventional Gas Extraction

 News Articles


Mercury Levels in Alberta Oil Sands 16 times Higher than Normal:  Environment Canada Scientists 
(The Huffington Post; January 2, 2014)
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/01/02/mercury-levels-oilsands_n_4532618.html


Scientists Find 7,300-Mile Mercury Contaminated "Bulls-Eye" Around Canadian Tar Sands
(Emily ATKIN, ClimateProgress; December 30, 2013)
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/12/30/3107761/tar-sands-mercury/


Mercury Levels Rising in Expanse Around Alberta Oilsands 
(Margaret MUNRO, Canada.com; December 29, 2013)
http://o.canada.com/news/mercury-levels-rising-in-expanse-around-alberta-oilsands/


Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)



Legacy of a Half Century of Athabasca Oil Sands Development Recorded by Lake Ecosystems (KUREK et al., 2013)
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/01/02/1217675110.full.pdf+html


Evaluation of Four Reports on Contamination of the Athabasca River System by Oil Sands Operations
(DILLON et al., 2011)
http://environment.alberta.ca/documents/wmdrc_-_final_report_march_7_2011.pdf


Oil Sand Development Contributes Elements Toxic at Low Concentrations to the Athabasca River and its Tributaries 
(KELLY et al., 2010)
http://www.pnas.org/content/107/37/16178.full.pdf+html



United Nations Environmental Programme - Global Environmental Alert Service (UNEP-GEAS)


Gas Fracking:  Can We Safely Squeeze the Rocks?  
(PEDUZZI and HARDING, 2012)
http://www.unep.org/pdf/UNEP-GEAS_NOV_2012.pdf



 Last minute entry...


Keystone XL Cops - Incompetent at All Levels 
(John ABRAHAM, The Guardian; April 16, 2014)
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/apr/16/keystone-xl-cops-incompetent

 N. B.:  Includes link to revised "Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS)".

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