How Canada Went from 21st to 2nd in World's Oil Reserves

By Dan Woynillowicz, World Watch. Posted September 17, 2007.

The United States has its hopes pinned on Canada's "tar sands" for North American security in the oil market. But their "black gold" is an environmental nightmare.

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