Major hit to tar sands after science group drops research funding
The Helmholtz Association of Research Centres, a major German scientific body with more than 30,000 researchers and US$4.4 billion in annual funding, has dropped out of a joint Alberta tar sands project over fears that the project was damaging the institution's reputation.
More: http://desmog.ca/2013/03/19/international-scientific-association-drops-tar-sands-research-over-reputational-problems
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Posted with different source and some more info too. 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112738955
Note: this has not been reported in Canadian MSM, as of yet. TV commercials and crony editorials, and co-opted message boards are trying their mightiest to implement Conservative/neoliberal talking points, FUD, whitewashing and green-washing, despite the many unreceptive ears..... Us Cannucks know tar oil = Snake oil.
