As Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper prepares to meet with President Barack Obama on September 16, an international network of environmental groups is stepping up a multi-faceted campaign to stop expansion of dirty oil imports from Canada and to send a message that tar sands oil threatens North America's clean energy future.
Prime Minister Harper advocates expansion of the Albertan oil sands - and special treatment of oil sands crude development and consumption in any new climate regulation - whether in the US or Canada.
Groups are accelerating their efforts to ensure that President Obama recognises plans for dirty oil sands growth, including 33 new refineries across the US, thousands of miles of pipeline and even tanker traffic, would undercut his clean energy economy and lock into a dirty oil infrastructure for years to come.
This morning, a 70-foot banner above the Niagara Falls was unveiled: the banner is intended to call attention to Harper's efforts to lock up the U.S. market for tar sands oil, and the threat tar sands holds for the climate. Greenpeace activists have also locked down and blockaded a giant dump truck and shovel at Shell's massive Albian Sands open-pit mine in northern Alberta to send the message that the tar sands are a global climate crime that must be stopped.
Further reading:
Oil Sands Truth/
Stop the Tar Sands by Greenpeace
Native & Green Groups challenge State Dept. permit for dirty oil pipeline
Prime Minister Harper advocates expansion of the Albertan oil sands - and special treatment of oil sands crude development and consumption in any new climate regulation - whether in the US or Canada.
Groups are accelerating their efforts to ensure that President Obama recognises plans for dirty oil sands growth, including 33 new refineries across the US, thousands of miles of pipeline and even tanker traffic, would undercut his clean energy economy and lock into a dirty oil infrastructure for years to come.
This morning, a 70-foot banner above the Niagara Falls was unveiled: the banner is intended to call attention to Harper's efforts to lock up the U.S. market for tar sands oil, and the threat tar sands holds for the climate. Greenpeace activists have also locked down and blockaded a giant dump truck and shovel at Shell's massive Albian Sands open-pit mine in northern Alberta to send the message that the tar sands are a global climate crime that must be stopped.
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