US Ad Exaggerates Canadian Oil Sands Damage

A U.S.-based corporate responsibility watchdog group is taking Canadian heat for exaggerating claims about environmental damage.
US Ad Exaggerates Canadian Oil Sands Damage
Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility on the banks of the Athabasca River and near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 23, 2009. American NGO, Corporate Ethics International (CEI), has launched a controversial ad campaign opposing the operation. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
Omid Ghoreishi
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/OIL-SANDS-92370615.jpg" alt="Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility on the banks of the Athabasca River and near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 23, 2009. American NGO, Corporate Ethics International (CEI), has launched a controversial ad campaign opposing the operation. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)" title="Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility on the banks of the Athabasca River and near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 23, 2009. American NGO, Corporate Ethics International (CEI), has launched a controversial ad campaign opposing the operation. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1816662"/></a>
Aerial view of the Suncor oil sands extraction facility on the banks of the Athabasca River and near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 23, 2009. American NGO, Corporate Ethics International (CEI), has launched a controversial ad campaign opposing the operation. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
Omid Ghoreishi
Omid Ghoreishi
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Omid Ghoreishi is with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times.
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