Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tailings pond at the Syncrude mine north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Tailings ponds in the tar sands are unlined and leach toxic chemicals into the surrounding environment. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Syncrude upgrader plant for processing tar sands to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The Shell Scotforth plant which takes bitumen extracted from the tar sands and adds hydrogen to it to create synthetic oil. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Bitumen from tar sands leaching out in a road cutting. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Bitumen from tar sands leaching out in a road cutting. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands with iridescent oil patterns. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Tar sands with iridescent oil patterns. Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / A hand full of tar sand Alberta, Canada,.August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / The tar sands upgrader plant at the Syncrude mine , at sunset , north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Construction of new tar sands plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada August 2012
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Ashley Cooper / Construction of new tar sands plant, north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada August 2012
