An Alberta county drafted big tourism plans. Then came the coal leases
Clearwater County set its economic sights on attracting visitors to the eastern slopes of the...
Stories by Sharon J. Riley
Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm
Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is...
‘Transparency is critical’: buried report raises questions about oilsands bird monitoring program
A previously undisclosed expert analysis, obtained through a freedom of information request, details how Alberta’s...
Alberta is planning new mountaintop-removal coal mines. Here’s what that looks like
Debate has swirled as Alberta opens up a large swath of the Rocky Mountains' eastern...
It’s official: Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. Now what?
There are more than a trillion litres of toxic oilsands waste stored in tailings ponds...
‘We’ve been too dependent on oil and gas’: the future of Alberta’s rural communities
As fossil fuel companies’ unpaid tax bills mount during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UCP government...
Meet the Canadian farmers fighting climate change
Conservation and agriculture have often been seen as being at odds with one another, but...
Ottawa is paying to clean up Alberta’s inactive wells. Are the oilsands next?
As $1 billion in federal funds go to clean up inactive wells, experts are sounding...
8 things you need to know as Alberta suspends even more environmental monitoring of oil and gas industry
The Alberta Energy Regulator has extended a waiver of many monitoring requirements to the entire...
