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Through our Tar Sands Watch Campaign, The Polaris Institute's Energy Program aims to stimulate citizen education and action for new energy policies, particularly a made-in-Canada energy strategy. Canada is now the largest foreign supplier of oil, gas, and electricity to the United States. As the crown jewel of Canada's energy production, the Alberta tar sands is expected to provide the US with an endless supply of crude oil for decades to come. Yet, this mega tar sands system produces a dirty fuel, generates huge amounts of greenhouse gases, rapidly depletes water sources, destroys the boreal forest and uses a great deal of natural gas. Meanwhile our U.S. oil and gas exports continue to escalate, fuelling American industrial and military operations, thereby putting Canada's own energy security at risk. To learn more about these issues and what citizens can do about them visit the Tar Sands Watch website or read our report Fuelling Fortress America.
Feature: The Polaris Institute Along with 26 Other Groups Fight Attempt to Repeal Crucial Climate Provision from 2007 U.S. Energy Bill
Posted May 12, 2008 in [Energy]
WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008, NRDC Press Release – Today, the Natural Resources Defense Council and 26 other U.S.
» read moreLiquid Asset
Posted March 28, 2008 in [Energy]
Andrew Nikiforuk, The Globe and Mail, Report on Business Magazine, March 28, 2008 - Here in Canada, we tend to think that while water scarcity, drying rivers and toxic lakes may be huge global problems, they really only affect places like China and the Middle East.
» read moreFood & Energy Sovereignty Now: Brazilian Grassroots Position on Agroenergy
Posted February 26, 2008 in [Energy]
While Brazil's leadership on biofuels - particularly sugarcane-based ethanol - has been held as a global model for sustainable biomass production, a new report from the Oakland Institute and Terra de Direitos describes the opposition that biofuels face from the Brazilian social movements and civil society.
» read moreWatershed
Posted February 11, 2008 in [Energy][Water]
Watershed, a documentary by Lauren Rosenfeld, intimately captures agrarian life in the heart of the Andes Mountains and portrays the struggle of a Chilean farming community to preserve its culture, land, and water rights.
» read moreEastern Canada Vulnerable to Oil Shortages; Report from Polaris Calls for Canada to Set Up Strategic Petroleum Reserves
Posted January 31, 2008 in [Energy]
Canada is currently the most vulnerable country in the industrial world to short-term oil supply crises, and we need to establish strategic petroleum reserves to remedy the problem. This is the key finding of a report released today by Polaris Institute and Alberta’s Parkland Institute.
» read moreStelmach says he'd stand up to big oil; 'I won't be intimidated,' premier vows as Klein warns of industry opposition to report
Posted September 25, 2007 in [Energy]
Archie McLean, September 20, 2007, The Edmonton Journal - Critics who say Premier Ed Stelmach and his government lack the political guts to make changes to the province's royalty regime will be in for a "surprise," Stelmach said Wednesday.
» read moreThe looming food crisis
Posted September 12, 2007 in [Energy]
Land that was once used to grow food is increasingly being turned over to biofuels. This may help us to fight global warming - but it is driving up food prices throughout the world and making life increasingly hard in developing countries. Add in water shortages, natural disasters and an ever-rising population, and what you have is a recipe for disaster. John Vidal reports
» read moreOil giants rush to lay claim to Iraq
Posted August 23, 2007 in [Energy]
Saeed Shah and Alex Brett, August 19, 2007, The Observer - The world's oil majors will descend on two key conferences about Iraqi oil next month, seizing their last chance to jockey for position before the expected passing of the country's hydrocarbon law sets off a scramble for its vast energy resources.
» read moreAs the oil sands expand, so do the headaches
Posted August 16, 2007 in [Energy]
August 15, 2007, Petroleum Review - All is not well in the land of sandy oil, writes Gordon Cope. As plans to triple production from 1.1mn b/d to over 3mn barrels over the next decade get underway, a number of major hurdles have come to the forefront.
» read moreOil Companies Stake Future on Canada
Posted July 23, 2007 in [Energy]
Russell Gold, July 11, 2007, The Wall Street Journal - The future of the U.S. oil industry arrived last year in Cushing, Okla., moving along at two miles an hour.
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