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...
New Water Use Restrictions Highlight Influence of Climate on Oilsands, Need for Stronger Rules
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is restricting water withdrawals for oil and gas operators in...
Group Asks New Alberta Government to Review Oilsands Water Usage Amid Extreme Wild Fires
Conservation group Keepers of the Athabasca is asking the Alberta government to review water usage...
New Campaign Spoofs Suncor’s “What Yes Can Do” Green PR Blitz
A new website launched today by the corporate accountability group SumofUs.org asks ordinary Canadians to...
Deadly Quebec Oil Train Disaster and Athabasca River Spill On Same Day as Tar Sands Healing Walk
Today, as hundreds of people joined First Nations leaders to walk 14 kilometers through the...
Fort McMurray Flooding Emphasizes Tar Sands’ Threat to Mackenzie River Basin
Record flooding in the heart of the Alberta tar sands dramatically illustrates their threat to...
Fort McMurray, Home to 176 Square km of Tar Sands Tailings Ponds, Overwhelmed by Floods
On Friday the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), the Alberta government's industry regulator, released a...
Federal Study Reignites Pollution Concern in Expanding Tar Sands Region
Dr. David Schindler, the scientist who sounded the alarm on tar sands contamination back in...
Toxic Tar Sands: Scientists Document Spread of Pollution, Water Contamination, Effects on Fish
Today federal scientists from Environment Canada presented research at an international toxicology conference in the...
