Dirty Oilsands - A threat to the new energy economy

Comments to the White House regarding the EISA Section 933 Energy Security Report to Congress

By: Corporate Ethics International | Sierra Club | Greenpeace | Lorne Stockman | Kenny Bruno

Published: October 2009

The following comments are submitted as input to the content of the report the White House is required to submit to Congress under Section 933 of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). This memo focuses on the role of Canadian oil sands, traditionally known as tar sands, and suggests that the White House begin dismantling myths about the supposed key role of oil from tar sands to provide energy security. We argue that growth in tar sands imports cannot provide energy security to the United States.

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