tar sands
TransCanada Sues Obama Administration Over Keystone XL Rejection
The pipeline company also intends to file a claim under Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying the decision to reject the permit for the $8-billion pipeline “was arbitrary and unjustified.”
These Cute Puppies Are the Latest Casualties of the Canadian Oil Sands Crash
The only shelter for surrendered pets in the heart of the oil sands has seen an uptick in abandoned animals, and according to the executive director, the increase is directly related to Alberta’s struggling economy.
Canada's Oil Country Is Bleeding Jobs and Suicides Are on the Rise in Alberta
Once the engine driving the Canadian economy, in 2013 Alberta created 87 percent of net new jobs in the country. But as oil prices continue to tumble, the job letting has been fast and furious.
Three People Locked Themselves to a Canadian Pipeline and Shut It Down
For 40 years, Line 9 carried crude oil from east to west, but this year the National Energy Board gave Enbridge the green light to reverse the pipeline’s flow, sparking opposition.
Canadian Activists Show There’s a Very Easy (But Dangerous) Way to Shut Down Pipelines
Earlier this month, activists shut down Enbridge's controversial Line 9 not long after it was reversed to flow east to Montreal.
Canada Is Talking Tough on Climate But Don’t Expect the Oil Sands to Shut Down
Alberta's Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said the federal government and fellow provinces understand "Alberta is an energy producer and will remain so for the foreseeable future."
Canada Is Having a Big Green Rebranding — And That Could Help the Oil Sands
The Alberta tar sands have made Canada’s energy industry a pariah among environmentalists, but at the Paris climate talks some politicians hope that a shift in Canadian policy will help get the country’s “heavy oil” to market.
Canada's Oil-Rich Province Is Bringing in a Carbon Tax and Justin Trudeau Is Thrilled
“This is the day we stop denying there is an issue. And this is the day we do our part," Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said on Sunday.
Alberta’s Wildrose Party Is Pranking Everyone
Here's indisputable proof that the Wildrose Party is in fact a crew of performance artists who are trying their very best to KO Alberta's wounded conservative movement and make way for a full-blown socialist utopia.
Here’s What Caused a Pipeline Rupture That Blasted a Huge Crater in the Alberta Oil Sands
The pipeline is owned by TransCanada, the same company that wants to build the longest pipeline in North America, known as Energy East.
What the Death of Keystone XL Means for Canada’s Energy East Pipeline
Energy East, North America’s longest proposed pipeline, would repurpose an existing natural gas pipeline to carry 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick.
Breaking: President Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
The pipeline would have transported 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta, Canada to Gulf Coast refineries and was one of the hardest-fought environmental battles in recent history.