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Bulldozers work clearing an area at the new Suncor Fort Hills tar sands mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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A log lays in a tailings pond at the Suncor tar sands operations.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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Pipes which are part of the processing plant at the McKay River Suncor oil sands in-situ operations.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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Scarecrow dressed up on sticks to keep birds away from landing on oil ponds at the McKay River Suncor oil sands in-situ operations.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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Oil goes into a tailings pond at the Suncor tar sands operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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Oil at the second phase of separation from the sand at the Suncor tar sands processing plant near at their mining operations.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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The Suncor tar sands processing plant near the Athabasca River at their mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alberta. In 1967 Suncor helped pioneer the commercial development of Canada's oil sands, one of the largest petroleum resource basins in the world.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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The city of Fort McMurray, Alberta.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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A work boot walks on the oil covered floor at the Suncor processing plant at their tar sands operations.© Todd Korol / Reuters/Reuters

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An oil sands worker checks the oil during the first step of separation at the Suncor processing plant.TODD KOROL/Reuters

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