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Tar Sands Industry Claims About Restoring Ecosystems Just Greenwashing, New Report Says http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1331653878
New research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has examined the impact of tar sands mining in Canada on boreal forest and peatlands, finding that contrary to industry claims that such landscape can be restored post-mining, full restoration is not possible.
Furthermore, due to the fact that currently approved mines will cause the destruction of more than 29,500 hectares (114 square miles) of peatland, an additional 11.4-47.3 million metric tons of carbon emissions will be released by the mining. The destruction of the peat swamps will also remove carbon storage potential of up 7,200 metric tons per year, even after restoration is done.
The release of these greenhouse gases has never previously been included in calculations of the life-cycle emissions of fuel produced from tar sands.
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