In northern Canada, Indian land is now the home to the largest industrial project in the world: the exploitation of the Alberta tar sands, potentially, the third largest source of new oil for the world. Multinationals are now producing nearly two million barrels a day and an expected five million by 2030 but the ecological cost of extraction is so prohibitive that opponents are on the rise.
In northern Canada, Indian land is now the home to the largest industrial project in the world: the exploitation of the Alberta tar sands, potentially, the third largest source of new oil for the world. Multinationals are now producing nearly two million barrels a day and an expected five million by 2030 but the ecological cost of extraction is so prohibitive that opponents are on the rise.
