Congratulations to the people of TransCanada, Inc., whose long fight to connect the tar-sands-oil-pumping Keystone pipeline to the Gulf Coast of America finally reached fruition on Wednesday. Even ...

Several homeowners in a Little Rock suburb were evacuated over the weekend after a pipeline spilled an estimated 2,000 barrels (84,000 gallons) of tar sands bitumen in their neighborhood. The oil, ...

Vermont environmentalists are sounding the alarm: Groups such as 350.org, the National Wildlife Federation and the Natural Resources Defense Council are warning that new Canadian regulatory filings ...

The development of "oil shale" (not to be confused with "shale oil") and "tar sands" has been shown to be environmentally destructive, and water and energy intensive. Extracting oil from U.S. public ...

Oil developers in the Canadian Tar Sands are trying to understand some odd oil eruptions around several drilling platforms where oil is coming up... Canadian Regulators Investigate Mysterious Tar ...

GU Fossil Free filed a proposal November 6 calling for divestment from tar sands oil companies. A proposal by student group GU Fossil Free calling on the university to avoid investments in tar sands ...

Extracting oil from Alberta's tar sands resembles open-pit strip mining more than traditional oil production. Instead of drilling rigs, stems, and bits, producing oil here often requires giant shovels ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmental groups say a federal report on a Michigan pipeline spill underscores the danger of developing oil from Canadian tar sands. The National Transportation Safety ...

While politicians, environmentalists and Big Oil fight over the Keystone XL pipeline, the Bay Area's five refineries have quietly moved toward transporting controversial Canadian tar sands crude oil ...

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With a potential lawsuit targeting a decision to ban tar sands oil in South Portland, the governor’s energy chief said Tuesday that he hopes the state can eventually have ...

MONTPELIER -- While Vermonters debate school budgets and whether to spend money on new equipment on Town Meeting Day, some communities also will take up resolutions opposing the transport of tar sands ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will boost monitoring of pollution from its oil-rich tar sands and hopes this will speed up Washington's approval of a proposed $7 billion pipeline to transport heavy ...