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IPFS News Link • Environment

Terraforming Syncrude

08-04-2009

Dale Vitt, professor and chair of the Department of Plant Biology in the College of Science, is working with Syncrude, a joint venture of oil and gas companies mining the oil sands in Alberta. The project - part experimental research, part environmental remediation - involves turning gigantic open sand pits created by the extraction process into a rolling, lush landscape. While land reclamation has long been a common practice among mining companies in North America, Vitt says no one has attempted a project of this magnitude.

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Reported By robert klein

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