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Tuesday, 12/18/2007 12:57:11 AM

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 12:57:11 AM

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http://environment.independent.co.uk/article3239364.ece

This Canadian wilderness is set to be invaded by BP in an oil exploration project dubbed ...
'The biggest environmental crime in history'
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Experts say a pledge to restore all open cast tar sand mines to their previous pristine condition has proved sadly lacking. David Schindler, professor of ecology at the University of Alberta, said: "Right now the big pressure is to get that money out of the ground, not to reclaim the landscape. I wouldn't be surprised if you could see these pits from a satellite 1,000 years from now."