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Articles by: Danielle Droitsch

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Huge Ponds Hold Tar Sands Sludge, and Great Risks (Op-Ed)

By Danielle Droitsch

Every day, 6.6 million gallons of tar-sands mining waste head to huge ponds in Canada — and yet no one has a good handle on how well those ponds are contained.

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Blowout Raises Questions About Tar-Sands Oil (Op-Ed)

By Danielle Droitsch

An oil spill in Alberta, kept under wraps for months, is raising questions about oversight of tar-sands oil drilling.

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Keystone XL Pipeline Will Cause Damage Beyond Spills (Op-Ed)

By Danielle Droitsch

Does the Keystone XL pipeline have environmental impacts beyond the risk of spills?