
STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Canada's oil-sands boom creates vast riches and a dirty footprint
Enormous shovels scoop up oil sands in the open-pit mine and deposit them in trucks that can haul up to 380 tons.

STEVE RINGMAN / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Enormous shovels scoop up oil sands in the open-pit mine and deposit them in trucks that can haul up to 380 tons.
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