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Canada needs to address water pollution from tailings ponds

True accountability means the Canadian and Alberta governments working together and on a nation-to-nation basis with Alberta First Nations to, in part, conduct a systematic risk assessment of oil sands tailings ponds and develop and implement an action plan to meet all of UNESCO’s recommendations.

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BY MELODY LEPINE
November 20, 2017

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