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Got Tar in Your Tank?
Chances are you have some dirty tar sands oil in your car's gas tank. Find out why you should care... and how to stop it. More
Tar sands oil is spreading across the U.S. thanks to an expanding network of refineries. More
Uncle Sam wants you to take the No Dirty Energy pledge. Use your consumer power! More
Also known as oil sands, tar sands are grains of sand intermixed with bitumen (heavy, black, asphalt-like oil). The oil locked up in tar sands requires drastic efforts to extract, and the result is a particularly dirty form of energy production.
The most effective way to cut our dependence on dirty fuels -- like tar sands oil -- is to use less gasoline and diesel. If all vehicles in the U.S. averaged 40 mpg, there wouldn't be a need for tar sands oil.
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Chiefs from three provinces and the Northwest Territories made the joint declaration Sunday at the conclusion of a water conference in Fort Chipewyan. They say Alberta's oldest European settlement is on the brink of catastrophe.
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