11 May 2011 - 19:30

The United States is the primary recipient of oil produced from the Canadian tar sands deposits.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A coalition of activists are organizing a two-week protest at the White House later this month to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline, which would carry tar sand oil to Texas refineries.
 
A new report by Canada's environmental agency finds extracting oil from the Alberta tar sands will more than offset emission reductions in other areas.
 
According to the peer-reviewed report from Environment Canada, greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands are expected to triple to 92-million metric tons by 2020; up from 30-million metric tons in 2005.

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