Canada’s Fight Against NAFTA Investigation of Oilsands Tailings Gets Political, Wins Allies
The U.S. and Mexico appear to have joined Canada in its fight to prevent a...
DeSmogCAST 5: Canada’s Clean Energy Revolution, Oilsands Tailings Pollution and COP20 Expectations
In this week's episode of DeSmogCAST we cover a new report in Canada that shows...
Environment Canada Study Reveals Oilsands Tailings Ponds Emit Toxins to Atmosphere at Much Higher Levels than Reported
There are more than 176 square kilometres of tailings ponds holding waste from oilsands development...
June 28th: Final “Tar Sands Healing Walk” Simply a New Beginning, Say Organizers
Organizers of the Tar Sands Healing Walk, a 14-kilometre spiritual walk through lands impacted by...
McKibben, Naomi Klein Join Walk To Heal The Tar Sands
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of people from across Canada and the US will walk into 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...
International Scientific Association Drops Tar Sands Research Project Over ‘Reputational Problems’
The Helmholtz Association of Research Centres, a major German scientific body with more than 30,000 researchers...
