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Time Out(ed) On The Tar Sands

By Ross Gelbspan
Created 2008-05-29 07:50
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I consider Time to be one of the more forward-looking periodicals when it comes to the environment.

But the editors messed up in this week's edition. The June 2 Time [7] carries a breathless feature about the potential petroleum bonanza in Canada's tar sands. [8]

The article's authors are so giddy with the testosterone rush of big-ass earth-moving machines [8]that they forgot what a multifaceted disaster this "bonanza" would be. The magazine quotes tar men in Alberta as they marvel at their own ability to move mountains … literally

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