Posted on 03/05/08
Dead ducks a boon for oil-sands opponents
Over the decades, Ruth Kleinbub has nursed dozens of wounded snowy owls back to health. Injured diving ducks have splashed around in her bathtub.In the same vein, the 56-year-old environmentalist, conservationist and bird enthusiast from Fort McMurray, Alta., has been trying - without much success - to direct Canadians' attention to what she says are hundreds of birds that die every year at heavy oil plants in Alberta and the tailings ponds that come with them.
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