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Canadians souring on Alberta oil sands

CALGARY, Alberta, March 25 (UPI) — Half of Canadians want Alberta’s oil sand development slowed over environmental concerns, a poll published Tuesday indicated.

The Environmental Defense group commissioned the poll of 1,014 people March 7-10, and 52 percent said expansion of oil production should not be given federal approval until “environmental management issues are resolved,” compared with 32 percent who said they should be “permitted so as not to curb economic growth,” the Calgary Herald reported.

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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/03/25/canadians_souring_on_alberta_oil_sands/7119/ 

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Critics pan Alberta nuke plan

OTTAWA — Bruce Power’s ambitious plan to build nuclear reactors in Alberta is unlikely to find the customers it needs in the province’s booming oil sands sector, critics say.Bruce Power filed an application last week to build up to four reactors – at an estimated cost of $10-billion – in northwestern Alberta. The company will be looking to sign long-term power purchase agreements with oil sands producers in order to finance the project, chief executive officer Duncan Hawthorne said in an interview.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080319.RBRUCE19/TPStory/Business 

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Independent water review sought of Alberta coal-bed methane effects

Landowners who claim that oil and gas drilling has contaminated their tap water want the province to reopen investigations into their complaints.

In letters sent Wednesday to Alberta Environment, the landowners contend an Alberta Research Council report, released in January, was inadequate and should be reviewed by independent scientists.

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http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=29bb0eb7-ac91-49eb-884e-03cf12570ffa