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1
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Social impacts of deepwater horizon oil spill

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11 killed 17 injured - affects families

Civilians protested outside BP - civil unrest

2
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Environmental impacts of DHOS

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Fires killed organisms and habitats, released CO2 - CC

Wildlife covered in oil - kills/immobilises

3
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Louisiana lost how much and why

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$2-4m due to fishing industry losses

4
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Effects of beaches closing

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LA beaches

Lost tourism, local businesses and hotels lost revenue

5
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How many barrels spilt

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5 million

Could have been sold

6
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What animals died

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Dolphins

Tuna and amberjack had deformities

7
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BP settlement details

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$18bn with 5 states and 400 LAs

8
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Fracking keychain (1)

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Drill down then horizontal into shale rock formation layer then holes perforated
High pressure fluid pumped

9
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Fracking keychain (2)

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Trapped oil and gas escapes into fluid which is pumped out

10
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What happens to used water from fracking

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Put in encased pita, water treatment, recycled after removing oil/gas

11
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Name of tar sand method

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Open pit mining

12
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What happens after bitumen clumps are extracted in open pit mining

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Bitumen heated up using heated water to selected from sand

13
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What happens in in-situ tar sands

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Steam pumped underground to liquify bitumen, then pumped up

Then upgraded to have properties like conventional oil

14
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How much oil does Alberta, Canada have

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166bn barrels

15
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How many jobs has Canada tar sands made

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150,000

16
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Amount of Canada’s GHGs produced from tar sands

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8.5% May increase to 14% in 2030

17
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Bad environmental impacts of tar sands

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Tailings ponds have toxic substances, kills waterfowl

Substances may leak into groundwater and rivers, affecting locals’ water supply

18
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Possible effect for First Nations communities

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Infringements on fishing/hunting agreements due to toxic substance leakages

19
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What was set up in Canada

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Oil Sands Communities Alliance for services and facilities to locals

20
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Criticism of OSCA

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Businesses’ donations of $18m seen as too little considering could make $4trn in long term