Tar sands oil is the most toxic fossil fuel on the planet that leaves in its wake scarred landscapes and a web of pipelines and polluting refineries all while delaying our transition to a clean energy economy. It is an oil disaster that we can still stop.

Campaign Updates

6.25.13
By BoRa Kim, Sierra Student Coalition Executive Committee Member and Bates Energy Action Movement leader, and Quentin James, National Director of the Sierra Student Coalition Today, President Barack ...
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6.25.13
By Michael Marx, Beyond Oil Campaign Director “Allowing the Keystone pipeline to be built requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation’s interest. And our national interest will be served ...
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6.21.13
United Church of Christ Pastor Bronksi warned pregnant women and people with respiratory problems to leave the room Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., when he donned thick blac...
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Faces of the Tar Sands


Americans from Minnesota to Houston are worried about Canada's tar sands poisoning their air, water, and farmland. We profile 13 people whose health and livelihoods are at risk.

Save the Boreal Forest


Tar sands extraction destroys boreal forests that are home to grizzly bears, birds, and more. Learn about the boreal forest


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