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The Public Interest Law Clinic is in Fort McMurray this month as legal counsel for Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Northern Alberta in the Teck Frontier Oil Sands Mine Approval Hearing. The Project, an open-pit mine, will be located ~30km south of Wood Buffalo National Park, Canada’s largest national park and a United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. The mine will be the largest of its kind at 290km², producing roughly 260,000 barrels per day of bitumen, and releasing 4 million tons of CO₂ into the atmosphere each year. The Frontier mine will produce 6000 hectares of tailings area, and has an estimated lifespan of 41 years. Due to its location and size, the mine is expected to have a negative impact on Wood Buffalo National Park.