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New No Dirty Energy campaign urges consumers to take a closer look at the source of their gasoline, other energy sources. Visit NoDirtyEnergy.org.  With the costs of America's addiction to fossil fuels now dominating the political debate, rising demand for gasoline has refineries in the United States increasingly turning to one of the world's dirtiest energy sources: Canadian tar sands.

On Thursday morning 11 Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora tar sands operation -- just north of Fort McMurray, Alberta -- to deploy a massive banner that read "World's Dirtiest Oil: Stop the Tar Sands".

WASHINGTON, DC, June 12 — The US Senate’s Democratic energy leader does not expect a provision of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) to restrict sales of oil produced from Canadian oil sands to US refiners, he told a Canadian-US business conference on June 11.

Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said on May 22 the US House adopted a clarifying amendment offered by Rep.

CHICAGO, Illinois, June 10, 2008 (ENS) - In a case that could affect oil refineries around the country, plans by ConocoPhillips to expand its refinery in Roxana, Illinois were sidelined on Friday when an appeal board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency upheld a challenge to the air permit required for the project. The decision sends ConocoPhillips and the Illinois EPA, which had granted the permits for the Wood River refinery expansion, back to the drawing board.

1. Residents of communities living downstream from tar sands operations are experiencing unusually high rates of rare cancers and auto-immune diseases. Dr. John O’Connor spoke out on the occurrance of rare cancer clusters in the community of Fort Chipewyan.

2. The Alberta tar sands are the fastest growing contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Canada at approximately 40% of the country’s emissions.

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The new Tory plan to sequester carbon may seem like a good idea, but it is really more about sweeping the issue of the tar sands, and the emission created by the tar sands, under the rug (or more accurately underground).

Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada, discusses the lack of action taken by the Harper government on global warming, especially in light of tar sands development.

Angela Reid, Deputy Leader of the BC Green Party (Canada), discusses the changes that need to be made in order to combat the effects of global warming.

Stephen Harper refuses to show leadership and put hard caps on Canada's global warming emissions -- all so the tar sands can keep growing. No matter how much Canadians clamor to join the global fight against climate change, we are being held hostage by the tar sands.

Steve Andrews, co-founder of ASPO-USA, discusses what needs to be done to prepare for peak oil.

Matthew Simmons, investment banker and author of "Twilight in the Desert", discusses ways to motivate people to take action and avoid the worst societal effects of peak oil.

Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute, discusses a key idea that will help society adapt to life after peak oil.