Stupid to the last drop - How Alberta is bringing environmental Armagedon to Canada (and doesn't seem to care).

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Stupid to the Last Drop - How Alberta is Bringing Environmental Armagedon to Canada (And Doesn't Seem to Care).

Published by Knopf Canada. About the author William Marsden.

Mr. Marsden is a senior investigative reporter for the Montreal Gazette and has co-authored international bestsellers Angels of Death and The Road to Hell.

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Feedback on Stupid to the Last Drop has been emotional to say the least. As one reader attests Alberta used to be known as wild rose country.

"Today, (it is more like) drop the rose and cover your nose," writes Stephen Gadsden.

"It has run amok fueled by the frenzy of oil barons and their insatiable appetite for profit, at all cost."

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