Where oil sands are close to the surface, they are extracted in large open pit mines.

那里的油砂离地表很近，可以从巨大的露天矿井里直接抽出来。

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Greenhouse gas emissions of tar sands crude are 40% higher than conventional oil, and the open-pit mining has devastated Alberta's boreal forest.

焦油砂的温室气体排放量比普通石油高40%，露天采矿已经极大地破坏了阿尔伯塔的北方气候带森林。

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Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, Sands Point overlooks the Gulf of Mexico.

提供早餐，午餐和晚餐，每天，砂点俯瞰墨西哥湾。

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Bigger operators don't have the luxury of halting production: Many of the newer oil sands projects are not the typical open strip mines, rather they inject steam into the ground to slowly melt the bitumen out of the sands.

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The big prize here is a 20% stake in the Fort Hills oil sands project, an open-pit mining operation targeting 3.4 billion barrels of bitumen.

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Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has been honoured with an open-topped bus tour in his home town of Woburn Sands, near Milton Keynes.

BBC: Greg Rutherford