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Infographic: A Closer Look at Tar Sands Oil
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185 gallons of water + two tons of soil + 700-1200 cubic feet of natural gas
= one barrel of crude oil.
![Keweenaw Peninsula, Sand Point, L’Anse, Michigan, mine pollution, mine legacy, Lake Superior, stamp sands, copper, copper mining](https://www.circleofblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/StampSands1.jpg)
Photo Slideshow: Tar Sands Oil Refinery Burdens a Detroit Community
Residents face the environmental and health consequences of a Marathon refinery expansion.
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Infographic: Tripling Tar Sands Oil Imports, Pipeline and Refinery Map from Canada to U.S.
The industry is spending billions of dollars to develop more U.S. pipelines.