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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.

California plan bad news for tar-sands industry

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Tony Clarke, May 30, 2007, The Toronto Star - When California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger drops into Ottawa this week via his private jet to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper, what message will he be delivering?


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Tar Sands Watch: The Polaris Institute's Energy Program

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The Polaris Institute's Energy Program now has its own campaign website. www.tarsandswatch.org


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Fighting overshadows Iraq's oil law

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Adam Wolfe, May 24, 2007, Asia Times - Iraq's national oil law has been touted as a major step toward the political reconciliation of the country's major sects.


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Tar Sands Giant Exxon Continues to Fund Climate Change Skeptics

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Exxon is the majority (69.6%) owner of Imperial Oil (ESSO) and has a 24% interest in major tar sands player Syncrude.


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Alberta rethinks royalties; Hike in rates may deter investors as federal initiatives put pressure on oil sands

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Heather Scoffield & David Ebner, May 14, 2007, TORONTO and CALGARY -- Conditions in Alberta's energy business have changed considerably since last fall's leadership campaign to replace Ralph Klein as premier, and talk of raising royalties needs to be considered in a new light, says provincial Finance Minister Lyle Oberg.


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Gore calls green plan a 'fraud'

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Tory proposal 'designed to mislead' Canadians, U.S. lobbyist says

The Globe and Mail, April 29, 2007, Kevin Donovan - The Conservative government has taken the easy route and produced an environmental plan that is a "complete and total fraud" on the Canadian public, former U.S. vice-president Al Gore told a Toronto audience yesterday.


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Open Letter to John Baird, Environment Minister

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Dear fellow activist, As you know, federal environment minister John Baird has just released his long awaited plan of action on targets for industry reductions in greenhouse gases [GHG].


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Ottawa signals emissions break for oil sands

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SHAWN MCCARTHY AND DAVID EBNER, Globe and Mail, TORONTO and CALGARY — The Conservative government has signalled that it won't let its climate change plan derail aggressive oil sands expansion, exempting new projects from greenhouse gas emission targets until three years after they are up and running.


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Canada's energy insecurity: We have no plan if shortages hit, yet we're talking about selling more of our oil to U.S.

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The Toronto Star, Gordon Laxer - Today and tomorrow, a prominent right-wing think-tank based in Washington is the lead host to two closed-door meetings in Calgary. The meetings are to discuss ways to enhance American energy security by getting more Canadian oil and gas.


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Whatever happened to oil sands takeovers? There have been lots of rumours but no big energy

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Norval Scott, Globe and Mail, CALGARY - For the past year, practically every Calgary-based company with oil sands assets has been the subject of takeover speculation, with foreign companies presumed to be champing at the bit to get a slice of the region's huge reserves.


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