TONY CLARKE
Polaris Institute
False Solutions - The Canadian Tar Sands, A Nightmare In The Making
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Sunday Afternoon, September 16. 2007

A long time political activist, Tony Clarke is the director of the Polaris Institute in Canada, which works with citizen movements to develop tools and strategies for challenging corporate power in public policy making on key issues, both nationally and internationally. At present, this work includes both energy and water issues. On energy, he is actively involved in developing national and U.S. related campaign work to stop the massive Canadian tar sands production which has become the number one source of foreign oil imports to the U.S. On water, he has done extensive campaign work on bottled water, water privatization and bulk water exports and is now working with partners in the global south in building regional movements to address the new water wars emerging between city and countryside. Tony is the author or co-author of several books including Blue Gold: The Battle Against the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water (with Maude Barlow) and Inside the Bottle: Exposing the Bottled Water Industry. He is also a member of the IFG board of directors.