New Study Shows Mercury Levels On the Rise in Athabasca Area
A study has found evidence of rising mercury levels downstream from Northern Alberta’s oil sands...
Internal Documents Reveal Internal Disorder More Than A Year After Implementation of Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Program
More than a year after the program's supposed implementation, negotiations over the Alberta-Canada Joint Oil...
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...
Tar Sands Monitoring a Mystery One Year In
One year after plans were announced for a new system to monitor the environmental effects...
Tar Sands Tailings Contaminate Alberta Groundwater
The massive tailings ponds holding billions of litres of tar sands waste are leaking into...
Evangeline Lilly: I am Canadian. What are You?
This is a guest post by Evangeline Lilly, Canadian actress. For those of you who...
Harper Hurts Science: Michael Harris on the Closure of ELA
MICHAEL HARRIS is an award-winning author, investigative journalist, and documentary filmmaker. The Harper government knows...
Two Oil Spills in Alberta Due to Inadequate Monitoring
Companies responsible for two separate oil spills in Alberta failed to provide adequate oversight for...
