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Canadian government wants special treatment for the world's dirtiest oil. In first international trip, President Obama must stand strong on clean energy and sufficient climate policies.
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CONTACT: Dr. Glen Barry, glenbarry@ecologicalinternet.org
(Seattle, WA) -- On February 19, President Barack Obama travels to Canada on his first international trip as President, where he will face pressure from the Government of Canada to support production of Alberta's filthy tar sands oil [search]. An international network of environmental groups has launched the "Obama2Canada" campaign[1] urging President Obama to stand strong on his new energy economy agenda and reject entreaties from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to shelter the... Alert: Urge President Obama to Say No to Filthy Canadian Tar Sands via Forest Protection Blog
Canadian government wants special treatment for the world's dirtiest oil. In first overseas trip, President Obama must stand strong on clean energy and sufficient climate policies.
TAKE ACTION! On February 19, President Obama travels to Canada on his first presidential visit abroad, where he will face pressure from the Government of Canada to support production of Alberta tar sands [search] oil. Called oil sands by proponents, tar sands are the very dirtiest of fossil fuels. Producing oil from tar sands emits three times the global warming pollution as conventional oil, requires excessive amounts of energy and fresh water, and destroys huge swaths of ancient boreal forest.
President Barack Obama must be strongly encouraged to stand strong on his new energy economy agenda and... Alert: Urge President Obama to Say No to Filthy Canadian Tar Sands via Earth Blog
Canadian government wants special treatment for the world's dirtiest oil. In first overseas trip, President Obama must stand strong on clean energy and sufficient climate policies.
TAKE ACTION! On February 19, President Obama travels to Canada on his first presidential visit abroad, where he will face pressure from the Government of Canada to support production of Alberta tar sands [search] oil. Called oil sands by proponents, tar sands are the very dirtiest of fossil fuels. Producing oil from tar sands emits three times the global warming pollution as conventional oil, requires excessive amounts of energy and fresh water, and destroys huge swaths of ancient boreal forest.
President Barack Obama must be strongly encouraged to stand strong on his new energy economy agenda and commitment... A Carbon Tax Does It Better via Forest Protection Blog
Most economists agree that a straight forward tax upon energy's carbon [ark] is far preferable to a greenhouse gas trading system. Carbon markets [search] are failing to reduce emissions, and are complex and expensive. A carbon tax [search] simply charges a fee for every ton of CO2 produced by users of fossil fuels. So far it appears President-Elect Obama will be going for the carbon market approach, seriously bringing into question whether he wants to appear to be addressing climate change, or actually succeed in doing so in time.
Another issue immediately facing Obama is what to do with Canada's criminally environmentally damaging tar sands [ark]: carbon markets may well tolerate their pollution with offsets or some such nonsense. A carbon tax would better make producers and...