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New Report Analyzes Tar Sands Threat to Americas Migratory Birds
2014-06-11 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Tar sands mining in the heart of Canada`s boreal forest is putting millions of America`s migratory birds in jeopardy and has already resulted in hundred of thousands of fatalities, according to a new report released today by the National Wildlife Federation and Natural Resources Council of Maine. An area approximately the size of Florida is being destroyed by tar sands operations: huge open-pit mines, toxic waste tailings ponds, extraction wells, noisy compressor stations, refineries and networks...
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