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Alex D Charpentier et al 2009 Environ. Res. Lett. 4 014005 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/014005
Understanding the Canadian oil sands industry's greenhouse gas emissions
FEATURED ARTICLEAlex D Charpentier1, Joule A Bergerson2 and Heather L MacLean1,3,4
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Understanding the Canadian oil sands industry's greenhouse gas emissions
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