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Canada’s oil sands are the world’s largest industrial project. Some of the environmental impacts can also be seen from space but many more are invisible and unacknowledged in their entirety until now. A leading international environmental journalist, Leahy provides a fast, factual overview of the incredible environmental impacts of making more than one million barrels of oil a day out of hundreds of millions on tons of tarry sand. Leading scientific and environmental experts along with industry officials are interviewed to provide the full story. -- Includes pictures, hyperlinks, bonus chart on The Real Cost of Tank of Oil Sands Gas -- Full-color, 8 1/2 x 11" 30 pages (1.7 mb pdf download)