U.S. Must Consider Energy Security in Canadian Oil Debate By: Jeremy Martin | Briefing

U.S. Must Consider Energy Security in Canadian Oil Debate

By: Jeremy Martin | Briefing
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring crude oil from Canada's Alberta province to the U.S. Gulf Coast, has in many ways become ground zero in the U.S. debate over fossil fuels, the environment and climate change. Perhaps most relevant, though practically absent from the debate, is the increasing awareness that energy security must be included as part of the calculus in determining energy sources.