alberta tar sands
Here's Why the Alberta Wildfire Just Might Have a Lot to Do With Climate Change
Hotter temperatures have helped to double since 1970 the amount of land scorched by wildfires each year around Alberta's tar sands — and the last three years have been especially bad.
There Is a New Climate Change Disaster Looming in Northern Canada
The thawing of the permafrost in Northern Canada could be the "carbon bomb" that does us in.
A Pair of 'Bomb Train' Derailments Highlight Continued Risk of Shipping Oil by Rail
An oil train derailment and explosion has occured nearby Charleston, West Virginia and comes a day after an accident in a remote area of northern Ontario.
We Spoke to the Comedian Trying to Raise a Million Dollars on Kickstarter to Start a Podcast
Comedian and TV writer Joe Mande is seven days away from the end of his Million Dollar Kickstarter project. He says, "If you pay me one million dollars, I will host a weekly podcast where I interview comedians and musicians and shit like that."
Inside the Tar Sands' Last Healing Walk
We sent VICE Canada's Michael Toledano to visit the final Tar Sands Healing Walk in Alberta, where Indigenous residents on the front lines of bitumen extraction in Alberta came together to pray and protest the massive continental oil projects in their...
