Tailings Ponds

Two Years in the Oilsands

Can oil sands tailings be cleaned up?

Every Albertan now knows that the tar sands, the world’s largest energy project, drinks an enormous amount of water. Separating tar from sand is a messy, water-intensive business: producing just [...]

Oil sands extraction makes a lot of waste. Where does it all go? Welcome to Alberta’s tailings ponds.