“America is addicted to oil,” is one of the most legitimate, sad, and noteworthy declarations that the previous U.S. president, George Bush, had said. However, Bush's statement does not fall appropriate for America only anymore, for this addiction appeared to be contagious. Canada, America's neighbor from the North, discovered on its land the largest amass of oil in the world, a sea of sand marinated with bitumen. In 2008, TransCanada, an oil company, proposed the largest construction project on the planet, a pipeline that would transport tar sands oil from Alberta, Western Canada to the sixth largest refinery ever built located in the Gulf Coast of Mexico. The project faced a great number of criticisms from environmentalists, citizens, and some members of the U.S. government; however, as Canada’s tar sands oil industry grew, American and Canadian oilmen and politicians could not help but turn their eyes to Canada’s oil industry, a market that both countries cannot afford to lose, and so, as of 2010, the Keystone Pipeline made it through three phases of its construction. Nevertheless, the last and largest phase of the pipeline's construction is still on hold, as it will go through one of the greatest and richest aquifers on Earth, the Ogallala Aquifers. Tar sands oil is one of the dirtiest and most harmful fuels on Earth, and the 5,200 kilometer long Keystone XL Pipeline is boosting and promoting its industry in many parts of the world, therefore; its phase four construction permit must not be issued and the operating phases must be shutdown.

Bush’s statement does not fall appropriate for America only anymore, for Canada is trying to build the biggest construction job in the world, the Keystone XL Pipeline, a 5,200 kilometer long pipeline that will transport one of the dirtiest oils on Earth, tar sands oil, to the 6th largest refinery in the world located in the