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DESCRIPTION:Canada’s Oil Sands:  \nPublic debate about an oil pipeline from Canada to 
 U.S. refineries on the Gulf Coast, one of the country’s most 
 controversial energy projects, is coming to a head as the U.S. government 
 nears a final decision on the $7 billion project. Nearly half a million 
 citizens and dozens of members of Congress have weighed in on the conduit, 
 which traverses six states and has become a heated proxy battle for the 
 direction of U.S. energy policy.\nSupporters say the Keystone XL pipeline 
 would provide transportation fuel from a friendly neighbor and displace 
 petroleum supplies from hostile foreign regimes. Opponents say tapping the 
 Canadian oil sands (also known as tar sands) would trigger a climate 
 catastrophe and would lock the United States for decades into burning some 
 of the dirtiest fuel on Earth. What is at stake here? What are the 
 alternatives? Would any of the Canadian gasoline find its way into 
 California cars?\nThe U.S. State Department is expected to issue a final 
 environmental report in late August and then the project will be open to 
 public comment. Join us for a conversation about powering America’s 
 economy and finding a cleaner way forward.\n\nCassie Doyle, Consul General; 
 former Canadian Deputy Minister Natural Resources\nJason Mark, Earth Island 
 Institute\nCarl Pope, Chairman, Sierra Club\nAlex Pourbaix, President of 
 Energy and Oil Pipelines, TransCanada\n\nLocation: The Commonwealth Club of 
 CA, 595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA\nTime: 11:30 a.m. 
 check-in, noon program, 1 p.m. networking reception\nCost:  $12 members, 
 $20 standard,  $7 students (with valid ID)\nContact: Jane Ann Chien, (415) 
 597-6700  Website: http://www.climate-one.org/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/22/18688444.php
SUMMARY:Canada's Oil Sands: Energy Security or Energy Disaster?
LOCATION:595 Market Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/08/22/18688444.php
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