Alberta's Oilsands: Why it's called dirty oil

Alberta's oilsands: Black gold or black eye?

(Photo: Jeff McIntosh/CP)

Features

Dirty Oil
In depthWhy it's called 'dirty'
Top 5 reasons the oilsands get a bad name
Numbers
StatsBy the numbers
All the big numbers you hear about in context
Timeline
HistoryTimeline
How Alberta's oilsands got the 'dirty oil' label
Profiles of who's who
Top 10Who's who?
Andrew Nikiforuk lists 10 players of the 'dirty oil' label
Oilsands photo gallery
Photo galleryIn pictures
Everything about the oilsands is big
Alberta oilsands map
Black goldOilsands map
Map of the oilsands area in northeastern Alberta
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