Write a minimum 6-8 page essay on the Alberta Tar Sands, properly cited.
Questions to Reflect On
• Discuss some of the financial benefits of Alberta’s tar sands.
• Discuss why the financial benefits of the tar sands are not necessarily good
for long-term sustainability of Alberta’s economy.
• What environmental regulation will limit the development new tar sands
production projects?
• Discuss the damage to the environment caused by these developments. Be
specific where ever possible.
• How have these projects impacted the biodiversity of the region?
• What might be the environmental restoration costs of these projects?
Provide any data you find on this.
• Locate any statistics you can on the health of people who work in the tar
sands and people who live near them, has there been any change?
• What is the impact of the development of the Alberta Tar Sands on
atmospheric CO2? How does that impact climate change?
• How you would analyze the cost-benefits to Canadian of the development of
the Alberta Tar Sands?
You should use at least 6 journal articles and as many other websites and publications you wish.