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Inside the Bottle
More info: http://www.insidethebottle.org/
Our Water Program aims to develop citizen capacities for education and action on water justice issues in communities. This includes issues like the privatization of water services, bulk water exports, water takings, water security and bottled water. Currently, a major focus of our work is on bottled water, through our Inside the Bottle campaign. Our program has developed a comprehensive report on the bottled water industry, the major corporate players, the key social, environmental and health isues at stake, along with a campaign tool kit for community-based action. We also seek to build connections through solidarity work with communities and workers all over the world to strengthen the global water justice movement and fortify our local struggles, while also working towards building social alternatives for water management.
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| Program updated 9:26 am on Thursday Aug. 12th, 2010.Tar Sands Watch
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Through our Tar Sands Watch Campaign, The Polaris Institute's Energy Program aims to stimulate citizen education and action for new energy policies, particularly a made-in-Canada energy strategy. Canada is now the largest foreign supplier of oil, gas, and electricity to the United States. As the crown jewel of Canada's energy production, the Alberta tar sands is expected to provide the US with an endless supply of crude oil for decades to come. Yet, this mega tar sands system produces a dirty fuel, generates huge amounts of greenhouse gases, rapidly depletes water sources, destroys the boreal forest and uses a great deal of natural gas. Meanwhile our U.S. oil and gas exports continue to escalate, fuelling American industrial and military operations, thereby putting Canada's own energy security at risk. To learn more about these issues and what citizens can do about them visit the Tar Sands Watch website or read our report Fuelling Fortress America.
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| Program updated 9:27 am on Thursday Aug. 12th, 2010.This page was last updated at 2010-08-12 09:27:11.