Freedom from dirty oil

The project is called “Trailbreaker,” and it will mean that Ontario’s future oil supply will be tied entirely to the tar sands, the source of the most carbon-heavy oil in the world. [...] With conventional oil in Alberta running out, the the greenhouse proposal means that Ontario’s future oil supply would be entirely dependent on the tar sands, the most environmentally destructive oil on the planet. [...] In the next few months, the pipeline giant Enbridge will be applying to the National Energy Board (NEB) for permission to reverse the flow of the pipeline between Montreal and Sarnia that currently brings oil from overseas to Ontario. [...] The company calls this proposal “Trailbreaker” because the primary intent is to ‘break a trail’ for tar sands oil to U. S. refineries on the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, and to refineries in Europe. [...] To reach these goals, the government wants 19 percent of the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to come from the transporta- tion sector – 13 percent from passenger vehicles and transit, and six percent from freight and diesel.