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Birds dying in oilsands at 30 times the rate reported, says study http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1283953118
A new study says birds are likely dying in oilsands tailings ponds at least 30 times the rate suggested by industry and government.
The results add weight to arguments that depending on industry to monitor its own environmental impact isn't working, said study author Kevin Timoney, an ecologist whose paper was published Tuesday in the Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
"We need to have credible scientific monitoring," Timoney said.
Bird deaths are currently tracked through industry employees reporting carcasses. The eight-year annual average of such reports, from 2000 to 2007, is 65.... The 14-year median, including raptors, songbirds, shorebirds and gulls, is 1,973 deaths every year.
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I'll just bet the idea of industry monitoring itself ... came from industry.
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