Study shows much more pollution leaking into atmosphere from oil sands operations than thought
Examples of box flights around five major surface mining facilities on different days show elevated downwind total gaseous organic carbon with total emissions derived with TERRA (supplementary materials, materials and methods). Numeric values in white indicate average TC emission rates. Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adj6233
An international team of chemical and environmental engineers has found that oil sands…