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Oilsands greenhouse gas emissions underestimated
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10-5-2009 7:36 AM
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1-climate change
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1-emissions
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1-tar sands
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2-accelleration
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2-consequences
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2-increase
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3-forecast
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3-reported
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4-arctic
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4-canada
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