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  1. Indigenous Environmental Network
  2. Parkland Institute
  3. Dirty Oil Sands
  4. Sierra Club Prairie Chapter
  5. Rainforest Action Network
  6. Greenpeace
  7. Environmental Defence
  8. Sierra Club of Canada
  9. Parkland Institute, Alberta
  10. Public Interest Alberta
  11. Oil Sands Truth
  12. Forest Ethics

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Tar Sands watch is a part of the Polaris Institute. Polaris is designed to enable citizen movements to act for democratic social change on major public policy issues in an age of corporate driven globalization.

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Corporate Profile of ENBRIDGE! Read it now and watch an interview featuring Richard Girard discussing the profile.

TAR SANDS BLOW new campaign video! Watch it now!

Windsor Community Roundtable--A Case Study Find out how one community in Ontario has generated local action and awareness around the tar sands developments. Your community could be next! Check it out

"TAR SANDS SHOWDOWN" by, Tony Clarke is now available for purchase! Buy it here. Check out Tony Clarke on YouTube talking about the tar sands.

Toxic Trail Exposure: Youth Delegation Tracks Tar Sands in Great Lakes Region A report by the Polaris Institute that summarizes the findings and recommendations of 10 Ontario youth who traveled to Sarnia, Detroit and Windsor in August 2009. Read the Report

The Polaris Institute has created a series of 10 factsheets on different issues associated with tar sands development Read the Factsheets

11 Million Litres a Day: The Tar Sands' Leaking Legacy A report from Environmental Defence Read the Report

Financing of fossil fuels and renewable energy by Canadian banks A report by RainForest Action Network Read The Report

Pumped up: How Canada subsidizes fossil fuels at the expense of green alternatives KAIROS released a report on federal government subsidies to the oil and gas sector, including the tar sands. Read More

Federal Government Missing in Action on Most Destructive Project on Earth – the Tar Sands [February 2008] A report from Environmental Defence highlighting the downstream effects of tar sands development. Read More

Links

  • Parkland Institute, Alberta
  • Public Interest Alberta
  • Sierra Club of Canada
  • KAIROS: Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
  • Oil Sands Watch
  • Mining Watch Canada
  • Tar Sands Time Out
  • Oil Sands Truth
  • Natural Resources Defence Council
  • Greenpeace
  • Rainforest Action Network
  • Indigenous Environmental Network
  • Environmental Defence
  • Luc Bourgeois Tar Sands Photos
  • Dirty Oil Sands
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