U.S. Chamber Launches Effort To Support Bringing Dirty Tar Sands Oil Down South

12:37 am in Business & Politics, chamber of commerce, News, oil consumption, tar sands by TreeHugger

Keystone pipeline.png photo via dirtyoilsands.org The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has long served as a brake on progress when it comes to creating a new economy that is fueled by renewable energy. The secretive organization (it doesn't reveal its membership) has opposed climate and energy action at every turn, and now it has its sights on the Keystone XL pipeline, a controversial proposed 1700 mile-long pipeline that would carry bitumen from Canada's tar sands all the way to Texas. ...Read the full story on TreeHugger