Obama Visits Canada, Under Pressure to Condemn Tar Sands

Obama will visit Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Canada this Wednesday, his first head-of-state meeting as president. USCAN and CAN Canada will be releasing a letter tomorrow urging Obama to not accept an agreement that would exclude tar sand oil from any greenhouse gas reduction agreement. To date, Obama has not announced a policy on tar sands oil from Canada. Tar sands oil extraction produces 20% more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oil. The U.S. imported 780,000 barrels a day in 2008. Read more in Bloomberg