Tar Sands Invasion, Tar Sands in Your Tank, The Keystone XL Pipeline: Not Needed, Too Expensive, Better Solutions Exist, and Tar Sands Oil Means High Gas Prices collectively make the case that, like oil under the deep sea, tar sands oil is not cheap, easy, safe, or environmentally sound.
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Gulf Spill Commentary
The BP Deepwater disaster has unleashed a torrent of commentary about dirty oil, including dirty oil sands crude. Here we’ve gathered some of the most interesting…
- Obama and the oil spill — New York Times/Thomas Friedman
- Gulf spill is a wake up call to stop dirty, dangerous and expensive fuels such as tar sands oil — NRDC
- Oil disaster doesn’t mean we should switch to other dirty fuels — Sierra Club
- Canada’s tar sands: a dangerous solution to offshore oil — guardian.co.uk
- Gulf spill spells bad news for [oil sands] pipeline — Pembina Institute
- Gulf spill exploited to paint oil sands green — Pembina Institute
Oil Sands Blog
Business leaders tell Secretary Clinton: tar sands undermine a clean energy economy
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz | Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Today, over 250 Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) members sent a letter to Secretary Clinton raising the concern that tar sands oil does not belong in a clean energy economy. The State Department is on the brink of approving the trans-boundary Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. This project would continue America’s dependence on risky forms of oil exactly at a time when we should be focused on clean energy investments. With this letter, the independent business voice for the environment is saying loud and clear: tar sands oil will undermine the U.S. commitment to a clean energy economy.
Mr. President - Say No to Dirty Fuels and New Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline
By Susan Casey-Lefkowitz | Thursday, May 27, 2010
On Tuesday this week, the CEOs of a number of major environmental organizations in the United States and Canada sent a letter to President Obama asking him to say no to dirty fuels such as tar sands, oil shale and liquid coal.
