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Alberta Oil Sands

Industry Gets Government Cash To Capture Carbon

CP | Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.10.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - The federal government, an oil giant and a biofuels company are teaming up to build a $19-million plant in northern Alberta that will use ca...

Research Group Gives Oilsands 2 Out Of 7

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Alberta

CALGARY - An environmental policy research group says Alberta's oilsands industry has made only limited progress on reducing the impacts of its develo...

Is Canada Now Openly Denying Anti-Pipeline Research?

Russ Blinch | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Politics
Russ Blinch

Jim Hansen, the esteemed scientist formerly of NASA, is spewing "nonsense" when he is talking about global warming and Canada's Keystone pipeline, according to Joe Oliver, Canada's Natural Resources Minister and former investment banker turned heavy oil mouthpiece.

Will Public Oilsands Data Be Transparent, Or Just Propaganda?

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.22.2013 | Canada Alberta

OTTAWA - Interested Canadians can now freely access environmental data from the oilsands now that the federal and Alberta governments have opened up a...

An Earth Day Present From.. The Tories?

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives have decided to mark Earth Day this year, launching a long-promised portal for public access to sensitive environme...

Why 40/40 is Foolish/Foolish

Kenneth P. Green | Posted 04.19.2013 | Canada Alberta
Kenneth P. Green

Carbon taxes are once again dominating the discussion over energy policy in Alberta, where Environment Minister Diana McQueen has proposed a sharp hike to Alberta's carbon levy.

Will 40/40 Take the Heat off Edmonton?

Merran Smith | Posted 04.08.2013 | Canada Alberta
Merran Smith

The climate and energy challenge is frequently portrayed as a world of absolutes. We are either doomed, or salvation is just around the corner. We have either missed the narrow window to forestall disaster, or are told it is premature to act in the face of persistent uncertainties.

Canada Losing Billions Thanks To Oil Bottlenecks: Report

CP | Julian Beltrame, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.03.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Canada lost out on about $25 billion in oil revenues last year due to pipeline and production bottlenecks and is expected to lose $15 billion...

What Was In The Water That Leaked From Oilsands Plant?

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada Alberta

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Oilsands giant Suncor says there was no bitumen in waste water that leaked from a burst pipe earlier this week.An email from th...

Making the Environmental and Economic Point For Keystone XL

Greg Stringham | Posted 03.22.2013 | Canada Alberta
Greg Stringham

As Canadian crude oil producers and the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States, we believe the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline between the two countries would strengthen our mutually advantageous relationship - the largest bi-lateral energy trading relationship in the world.

Germany's Largest Scientific Body Quits Alberta Oilsands Research

CP | Posted 03.19.2013 | Canada Alberta

EDMONTON - Pressure over environmental concerns has forced Germany's largest scientific organization to pull out of joint research with Alberta on bet...

Things Never To Say To An Albertan

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 03.18.2013 | Canada Alberta

There are a lot of misconceptions floating around about Albertans and while some of them are funny and quasi-true, there are others that we find downr...

Why Alberta Needs a Diversified Economy, and 3 Ways We Can Get There

Alex McBrien | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Alberta
Alex McBrien

The Alberta government is facing a deficit in the area of $4 billion. By now we have all heard the discussions regarding the recommended courses of action that the government should take to make sure that Alberta's finances get back into the black; reform Alberta's taxation system (although the budget saw no such reforms), cut government spending, and diversify Alberta's energy export markets.

If We're So "Oil Rich" Why is Alberta Planning Spending Cuts?

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada Business
Kevin Grandia

Canada has the third largest proven oil reserves in the world, but the province of Alberta is planning to cut education and health care spending this year, and Canada's national debt stands at a whopping CDN$600 billion. How can that be? With so many people calling our massive tar sands reserves the "Saudi Arabia of the North," how can we be so cash-strapped?

It's The Science, Stupid

Mitch Wolfe | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada
Mitch Wolfe

On Friday the US State Department dropped a stink bomb on the US anti-Keystone environmental movement. When this Department released a 2,000-page draf...

Not Your Father's Fort McMurray

Theresa Wells | Posted 04.29.2013 | Canada Alberta
Theresa Wells

In my life as a community blogger I occasionally get emails and messages from those curious about where I live. Sometimes they come from those who have been to northern Alberta, and sometimes they come from people from countries far away, wondering if this is the place they have been looking for to change their fortunes.

The White House Rally That Puts Canada's Reputation on the Line

Kevin Grandia | Posted 04.15.2013 | Canada Politics
Kevin Grandia

The battle over Keystone XL has been brewing for more than four years. With a final decision on Keystone expected from President Obama as soon as the next month or so, the situation has reached a fever pitch: on February 17 in front of the White House, if expectations hold true, we will witness the largest rally ever held in the U.S. on the issue of climate change. More than 20,000 people will gather to lobby for action on climate change and to pressure their president to disallow the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. These tens-of-thousands of everyday Americans, whether they know it or not, are protesting Canada as much as they are the Keystone project.

On Climate Change, Baird and Kerry Are Like Oil and Water

Kevin Grandia | Posted 04.10.2013 | Canada Politics
Kevin Grandia

Newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet on Friday with his Canadian counterpart, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. If I were advising Kerry, I would suggest one question he should ask of John Baird to see if he is an honest broker. The question is: "Is Canada committed to confronting climate change?"

Low Crude Prices Taking Toll

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.31.2013 | Canada Alberta

TORONTO - A sharp drop in the price of Alberta heavy crude last month has pushed down the Scotiabank commodity price index by 4.6 per cent, despite in...

The U.S. Electorate's Message To Canada: Diversify Quickly

Kenneth P. Green | Posted 03.25.2013 | Canada Alberta
Kenneth P. Green

On November 6, 2012, the citizens of the United States decided to maintain, essentially, the status quo: they re-elected Barack Obama as President, left the United States House of Representatives solidly in Republican hands, and left the United States Senate under the control of the Democratic Party. But as with all U.S. elections, there are implications for Canada, which, for better or worse, is usually pulled by the tides of American regulation and economic prosperity - or the lack thereof.

Guess The Biggest Climate Villain

CP | Bob Weber, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Alberta

Canada's oilsands are midway down the pack of the world's climate change villains, according to a new Greenpeace report ranking potential carbon emiss...

Part II: Where Your CPP Money Really Goes

Amy MacPherson | Posted 03.24.2013 | Canada Business
Amy MacPherson

We've got to come clean about the unethical use of our retirement funds. There isn't enough money to expand the Canadian Pension Plan because the surplus was earmarked to boost the military-industrial complex. When our hard-earned money isn't being used to cause bloodshed, it's going to companies affiliated with the CPP's own CEOs and the Alberta oil sands.

'Growing Trend' For Canada's Oil Sands

CBC | Posted 02.07.2013 | Canada Politics

The federal government has reached "a level of discomfort" with foreign investment by state-owned enterprises in Canada's energy sector. ...

They'll Take It

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Alberta

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - A Liberal MP from Nova Scotia has paid a visit to the oilsands, saying that Alberta may be having struggles in accessing foreig...

Too Many Oilsands Projects Or Not Enough?

The Huffington Post Alberta | Posted 01.16.2013 | Canada Alberta

Canadians need to get with the program and realize how vital Alberta's oilsands are to the economy, says a new report. Deloitte Canada's report, Ga...