We found half of spilled oilsands bitumen sinks in freshwater after heavy rain
Using artificial lakes and a simulated pipeline leak, researchers observe how diluted bitumen reacts in...
Canada should rethink unproven, dangerous chemical ‘cleanup’ of marine oil spills
Canada quietly made way for the use of a chemical dispersant, known as Corexit, in...
Ottawa’s call for new science review says a lot about Trans Mountain safety claims
In the absence of sound science on the risks of the pipeline, government has a...
Pipeline Spills 290,000 Litres of Crude Oil Emulsion in Northern Alberta
A pipeline owned by Paramount Resources Ltd. released an estimated 100,000 litres of crude oil...
As Arctic Opens to Shipping, Communities Scramble for Oil Spill Response Training
On a sunny August afternoon in 2010, the Clipper Adventurer hit an underwater rock shelf...
‘We’re Under Assault’: Feds Quietly Approve Deepwater Oil Drilling Off Nova Scotia
While much of the country’s attention was focused on the rapidly escalating stand-off between Alberta...
‘No World-Class Spill Response Here’: Heiltsuk First Nation Pursues Lawsuit One Year After Tug Disaster
Kelly Brown was awoken at 4:30 a.m. on October 13, 2016, by the kind of...
Why We’re Taking Canada to Court Over That Promise of ‘World-Class’ Oil Spill Response
By Chief Councillor Marilyn Slett and Councillor Jaimie Harris, Heiltsuk Nation. This piece first appeared on The...
‘Nothing Has Changed’: B.C.’s Botched Oil Spill Response Haunts First Nation
On October 13, just after 1 a.m, and only eight months after British Columbia signed...
