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Not enough reporting, analysis of oilsands environmental data, scientists say

A tailings pond is pictured at an oilsands mine facility near Fort McMurray, Alta. A study released Monday criticized the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring initiative, a team effort by environmental agencies in Ottawa and Edmonton, because the partnership has yet to publish annual reports on the data it has collected.

CALGARY C The Alberta and federal governments have collected vast amount of data on air and water quality in the oilsands, but have regularly failed to analyze, interpret and report on that data.

A study released Monday criticized the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring initiative, a team effort by environmental agencies in Ottawa and Edmonton, since the partnership has yet to publish annual reports around the data it’s collected.

“The question is when will we start seeing much more effort to transform that data into information?” the lead author of the report and Clarkson University professor Philip Hopke said.

Alberta and Ottawa teamed up to determine JOSM in 2012 in order to collect more data on the air, water, wildlife and biodiversity around Fort McMurray, the main hub for oilsands extraction within the province.

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