First nations oppose oil drilling in Canada´s tar sands

The environmental group Forest Ethics, protested outside the State Department today, asking Secretary Hillary Clinton to deny permits for pipelines that would bring oil from Canada´s tar sands into the United States.

The tar sands lie under forests to the east of the Rocky Mountains, and they hold up to two trillion barrels of oil, making them the second largest oil deposit in the world after Saudi Arabia.  But getting to the oil means deforesting an area the size of Florida and creating the largest single CO2 contributor in North America.

For the First Nations community of Fort Chipawyan it could also mean burying family and friends.  Tanya Castle reports.