Dangerous emissions from the extraction of oil from Canada's tar sands region in Alberta have been dramatically underestimated, according to a study published in Science on Thursday. The ...

“Canada is now effectively waiting to see what sort of climate change policy the Americans will come up with,” award-winning Canadian journalist and author Andrew Nikiforuk told us by e-mail. In his ...

Yet the demand for gasoline remains high, mining the tar sands of Canada remains profitable and it has also undeniably created a lot of jobs, so that petroleum is coming out of the ground.

Canada's Industry Minister ... The deal gives the Chinese company 60% control of Athabasca Oil Sands Corporation's MacKay and Dover oil sands deposits in Alberta province. The two are projected ...

In early 2014 we launched an aggressive, coordinated effort to stop reckless tar sands extraction both in the United States and Canada. Our efforts have targeted cross-border pipeline proposals like ...

Tar-sands development is already occurring in some places in the United States — and has taken off big in Alberta, Canada (a country also pondering oil-shale development). In fact, it has become one ...

But to a group of Indigenous environmental activists familiar with Walz’s record in Minnesota—particularly their view he ...

Despite promises of a “robust conversation” from the moderator, a panel discussion titled “Examining the Impact of Bill C-59” ...

Today it costs around $10 to produce a barrel of oil from tar-sands, down 300% from three decades ago. At the forefront of this trend is Lexington Energy Services Inc., one of Canada’s fastest ...

A flesh-filled spectacle that marked the 20th year Portlanders have come together for this mass protest and celebration.