Posted AT 6:58 PM EDT on 30/04/08
The high cost to Alberta of 500 dead ducks
EDMONTON — Five hundred dead ducks in the toxic sludge of a Syncrude Canada Ltd. tailings pond have dealt a major blow to Alberta's $25-million campaign to sell the booming oilsands as eco-friendly.
Company and government officials confirmed Wednesday that only five ducks were saved after a flock of mallards landed Monday morning on the partially frozen pond filled with oilsands wastes.
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