Oil sands responsibility act-in Maryland

This purpose of this bill was to bar the State from using motor fuels derived from unconventional sources, including oil and tar sands, to fuel State vehicles.

This bill never came to be. Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach attributed this to the work of Gary Mar: “he worked very diligently with the Legislature there to remove its anti oil sands bill”. For more on this, see the following document: “Alberta Hansard – Alberta Office in Washington”