Because the Alberta tar sands focussed the various political playbooks of the oil companies for a decade or so and now they have their fingers in the Canadian g

Because the Alberta tar sands focussed the various political playbooks of the oil companies for a decade or so and now they have their fingers in the Canadian government. These are companies that topple nations if they want to, and basically own US Congress. Their power is waning only because their stocks are collapsing.