Alberta's energy regulator has decided it won't reconsider approvals for Suncor to expand an oilsands mine into a wetland once considered for environmental protection. The decision opens the door for expansion of the company's Fort Hills mine that has been before the regulators for more than two decades. It unlocks an estimated billion barrels of bitumen. But scientists say it's also likely to doom a unique patterned fen - a peat-producing wetland featuring long strings of trees and shrubs separated by narrow pools that is host to 20 rare or endangered plant species and more than 200 species of migratory birds, including endangered whooping cranes.
Alberta 's energy regulator has decided it won't reconsider approvals for Suncor to expand an oilsands mine into a wetland once considered for environmental protection . The decision opens the door for expansion of the company's Fort Hills mine that has been before the regulators for more than two decades. It unlocks an estimated billion barrels of bitumen.
But scientists say it's also likely to doom a unique patterned fen - a peat-producing wetland featuring long strings of trees and shrubs separated by narrow pools that is host to 20 rare or endangered plant species and more than 200 species of migratory birds, including endangered whooping cranes
Alberta Energy Regulator Suncor Mine Expansion Oilsands Wetland Environmental Protection Fort Hills Mine Bitumen Patterned Fen Peat-Producing Wetland Rare Plant Species Endangered Plant Species Migratory Birds Whooping Cranes
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