There might be a "mine it flat" mentality in Alberta concerning tar sands, but one provincial government has just adopted a different approach to unconventional oil resources. The only problem is that it is thousands of miles away in Australia. Australia's Queensland state has banned shale-oil mining for 20 years, blocking a plan for a strip-mine that [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Oz Bans Shale-Oil Mine", url: "http://priceofoil.org/2008/08/26/oz-bans-shale-oil-mine/" });
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