Greening the Alberta Tar Sands - An Alternative View
Last week in Washington, DC, John D. Podesta, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress delivered the keynote speech at the conference, "Canada 2020's 'Greening' The Oil Sands: Debunking...
View ArticleEBOOM CAPITAL: Canadian Oil Sands Partners to Build Wind Project
Canada’s largest oil company, Suncor Energy Inc. (NYSE: SU) and its largest mining company, Teck Resources Limited (NYSE: TCK), will partner to build a CDN$220 million 88-megawatt wind power project,...
View ArticleU.S. Senators Pushing to Remove Tar Sand Legislation
A duo of Republican Senators are quietly working to undo legislation that prevents oil companies from acquiring tar sands from Canada that are known to produce even worse emissions than conventional...
View ArticleOil Sands Report: Reclamation and Regulation is Falling Behind, But Impact on...
Land reclamation by developers of the Canadian oil sands and environmental regulation by the Alberta and Canadian governments are not keeping pace with the rapid rate of land disturbance and project...
View ArticleSustainability: The Crux of the Matter with Alberta's Oil Sands
The oil industry, Alberta's provincial government, and the Canadian federal government are all breathing huge sighs of relief with the release of the Royal Society of Canada's report [pdf] on the...
View ArticleBreaking: Fire in Alberta Oil Sands Injures Three
A fire has broken out in an Alberta oil sands production site located in Fort McKay.read more
View ArticleKeystone XL Pipeline's Impact on America
An activist at the October 7, 2011 Washington, DC Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Hearing RallyThe Keystone XL pipeline proposal has roiled America’s energy industry and environmental community. On the one...
View ArticleThe Melodrama Continues: Obama Issues Executive Order to Expedite Approval of...
The Keystone XL pipeline saga took a new turn today in Cushing, Oklahoma. While in Cushing, President Obama announced a new Executive Order on Improving Performance of Federal Permitting and Review of...
View ArticleEPA Seeks Permitting Extension for Keystone XL's Southern Leg
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked for a more extensive review of the permitting for the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline, according to the Associated Press.read more
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