River Supplying Water To Alberta Oil Sands Operations At Risk From Drought
A new study casts doubt on the long-term ability of the Athabasca River to supply...
Andrew Nikiforuk’s Latest on the Fracking Craze should be Required Reading for MLAs
This is a guest post by Ben Parfitt, resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy...
Half of Albertans Think Oilsands are Large Enough, Majority Want Stronger Climate Policies, According to New Poll
A poll of more than 1,800 Albertans conducted by EKOS Research Associates shows more than...
Celebrities and the Oilsands: Help or Hindrance?
By now, it’s an almost entirely predictable routine: a celebrity takes a tour of the...
Alarming Levels of Air Pollution Identified Across Alberta, Fossil Fuels the Culprit
The results of a new national air quality survey released Wednesday shows levels of fine...
Elizabeth May’s Call for an ‘Energy Efficiency Army’ Makes All the Sense for a Stagnating Alberta
“Frankly, we need an army of carpenters, electricians and contractors going out to plug leaky...
Alberta Electricity Provider TransAlta Found Guilty of Market Manipulation, Boosting Case for Decentralizing Generation
Earlier this week, TransAlta — the massive, publicly traded electricity generation company based in Calgary —...
‘Grassroots’ Canada Action Carries Deep Ties to Conservative Party, Oil and Gas Industry
“Our messages are not resonating,” Natural Resource Minister Greg Rickford told a room full of...
Nexen’s Brand New, Double-Layered Pipeline Just Ruptured, Causing One of the Biggest Oil Spills Ever in Alberta
A pipeline at Nexen Energy’s Long Lake oilsands facility southeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, spilled...
