As it stands right now, the 300,000 barrels of oil pumped from Northern Alberta via the Trans Mountain pipeline ... According to most studies, the greenhouse gas emissions from a barrel of tar sands ...

For starters, that Canada, and even Alberta—where the heavy crude ... the development of the Athabasca oil sands (also called tar sands) could actually increase Canada’s dependence on ...

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 ...

To portray the sheer scale of the Alberta tar sands in Canada, Garth took to the skies. 'One of the biggest challenges', he says, 'was directing the pilot to position the plane precisely for the ...

Canada's Industry Minister, Tony Clement, has given PetroChina the go-ahead for a 1.7 billion US dollars acquisition of two oil sand projects. The deal gives the Chinese company 60% control of ...