Fed steps up efforts to monitor environmental impact of oil sands

Recent study finds that regulatory frameworks fail to keep up with growth of the oil sands industry, critics call for regulations with teeth.

Environment Minister Peter Kent recently announced that the federal government wants to establish "a world-class monitoring system" to guide the future development of the oil sands, but environmental experts say the government needs to come up with a system of enforceable regulations.

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