Environmentalists and Indigenous People Flex New Muscle In Canada's Resource Wars

A major obstacle facing new oil transport projects is the strong resistance from Canada’s indigenous First Nations, who own or claim much of the land that the proposed pipelines would cross.

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The Road to Athabasca: Why I’m Biking To the Tar Sands

Through discovery of place, through story, and through personal connection with people along the way, we are journeying 1,100 miles to the tar sands of Alberta – and are asking for your support in our venture.

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Largest Leak In 35 Years – 1.3 Million Gallon Tar Sands Spill Pollutes Canada

The leak, which was discovered Wednesday afternoon, is the largest pipeline spill in Alberta in 35 years.

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U.S. Energy Commission Sneaks Permit to Canada's Enbridge for Tar Sands-by-Rail Facility

The announcement came days after the State Department gave Enbridge a controversial permit to transport 350,000 barrels of tar sands per day across the U.S.-Canada border without public hearings or environmental review.

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Oregon Delivers Defeat to Coal Industry Denying Key Permit for Export Terminal

The Morrow Pacific coal terminal would have not only encouraged CO2-emitting coal to be burned elsewhere, but would pollute local waterways and increase rail and truck traffic in once restful regions.

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Exposed: America Forces Tar Sands Oil On Europe Defying Fuel Law and Climate Peril

U.S. negotiators of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership are attempting to block European attempts to tackle climate change, according to leaked documents.

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Revealed: Newfound Threat to Tar Sands Projects In Salt Formations

Researchers have found a key factor in the Alberta steam fracking disasters – and no geological seal exists to prevent industry-made fractures caused by high-pressurized steam injections from erupting to the surface.

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For $28K, TransCanada Buys Town’s Silence On Tar Sands Pipeline As Cancer Rates Rise

The as-yet-unapproved Energy East pipeline – the most expensive the company has ever proposed – would carry 1.1 million barrels of tar sands crude across Canada each day.

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Pipeline Protest Leaders in British Columbia Vow to Maintain Right-Of-Way Blockade

The Unis’tot’en Action Camp was first put up in 2010 after industry proposed a gas pipeline and a liquefied natural gas plant.

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Failed Keystone XL Ads: Hard to Sell The Pipeline When You're Telling the Truth

Big Oil spends a lot of time and money marketing the Keystone XL pipeline, but as we can see from this never-before-seen footage, it’s hard to sell Keystone when your actor can’t help but tell the truth.

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