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- By IAN AUSTEN

Refining Canada’s petroleum-soaked oil sands produces petroleum coke, and the question of what to do with it has found at least one answer in Detroit, where a large coke pile covers an entire city block.
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@NaomiAKlein: Q: Anyone studied what happens 2 CO2 footprint of #tarsands oil when burning of coke 4 fuel abroad is counted? http://t.co/dbtHNE94nE
@NaomiAKlein: Canada dumps dirtiest #tarsands waste on Detroit, China "One man’s junk is another man’s treasure” #enviroracism http://t.co/dbtHNE94nE
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@nytimesworld: Why is a black mountain of petroleum coke piling up along the Detroit River? By @ianrausten http://t.co/HUEJl5hr43
@davewiner: Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit. http://t.co/5Dw1mSPFVQ
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