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Oilsands monitoring needs scienitific rigour: panel

CBC | July 5, 2011 | 9:26 pm Energy

Beginning of Story Content Environmental monitoring in the Alberta oilsands is insufficient and needs to have “rigorous scientific design and execution” to be effective, a provincially-appointed expert panel concluded in a report released Tuesday.