The documentary Tar Sands – to the Ends of the Earth, with a recent screening at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, draws attention to the significantly worse CO2 footprint of tar sand mining activities when compared to other fossil fuels and the heavy impact on people’s livelihoods in Canada, one of the main producers. The filmmakers also follow Madagascan activists who oppose tar sands development in their country and offer insights into the policy processes around the EU’s future Fuel Quality Directive amendment, possibly leading to a tar sands oil ban in the EU
