Canada: Syncrude to pay C$3 million penalty over duck deaths

Reuters: Oil producer Syncrude Canada Ltd will pay a C$3 million ($2.9 million) penalty for negligence in the deaths of 1,600 ducks in a toxic waste pond, a case that fueled international concern about the environmental impact of developing Canada's oil sands. Most of the money will be contributed to wildlife and habitat conservation programs in northern Alberta. Alberta Provincial Court Judge Ken Tjosvold found Syncrude, one of Canada's largest oil sands producers, guilty in the deaths ......

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