Dirty Oil Sands  

The Sierra Club is campaigning against piping oil from the Canadian tar sands southwards (the "Dirtiest oil on earth to enter the U.S") - Dirty Oil Sands.

Quick Facts

Canada is the United States’ number one source of foreign oil, and the oil sands comprise about half of Canadian oil. Also known as tar sands oil, it is the world’s most harmful type of oil for the atmosphere, emitting high volumes of greenhouse gases during development, which contribute to global warming. Learn more about the source of the dirtiest oil on earth. Read more.

The Spread of Oil Sands Crude

Although mined in Canada, dirty oil sands are a U.S. problem too. If Big Oil has its way, instead of a new clean energy economy the U.S. will be addicted to the dirtiest oil on earth. Read more.

The Alberta Clipper Pipeline

The Alberta Clipper pipeline would penetrate to Wisconsin, providing hundreds of thousands of barrels of dirty oil sands crude to the United States. Read more.

Alberta’s Oil Sands Explained

In this video renowned journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, author of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent, provides a five minute backgrounder on the tar sands and presents some potential solutions.