oilsands

Canada's oilsands sector, the country's fastest growing source of greenhouse gases, now produces more pollution than the entire economies of B.C. or Quebec.

Alberta's two main political rivals had opposing messages about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion during their election campaigns on Monday, April 8, 2019.

The Fort McKay First Nation was initially kept in the dark about a toxic cloud from the oilsands that struck their community after companies restarted operations that had been temporarily disrupted by the Fort McMurray wildfires. Internal records show that the incident occurred after industry pressured the provincial regulator to rapidly restart their operations despite risks to public health.

Here's what you need to know to navigate the most challenging issue in your province’s history — the era of stranded assets in the oilsands.

Oilsands giant Syncrude Canada wants a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by a former first responder who claims he was wrongfully fired following a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.

The premiers of two oil-producing provinces called on the Senate to force the Trudeau government’s new environmental assessment regime to take into account the economic benefits of fossil fuel projects.

The National Energy Board has declined a request to consider all of the climate change impacts as part of its review of the Trans Mountain expansion project.

Alberta will spend billions of dollars and hopes to make billions more as it brings in 4,400 rail cars starting as early as July to move a crude backlog in the oil sands industry as pipeline projects face mounting troubles. 

Prime Minister Trudeau is relying on an aggressive and outdated Western Canadian crude oil supply outlook to re-approve Trans Mountain’s expansion.

A pair of experts on global warming have thrown their support behind a new legal motion urging the National Energy Board should consider all climate-related impacts from the proposed Trans Mountain oil pipeline and tanker expansion in its review of the project.

Myths die hard. For example, a third of Canadian adults say they still believe in Santa Claus. It’s harder to justify the three Big Lies surrounding the alleged Canadian oil discount — they serve the interests of Big Oil, the most powerful industry on earth

As Chief of Saik’uz First Nation, I have spent many years working to defend our territory and future generations from the risks posed by oil pipelines, writes Jackie Thomas. That’s why I was so dismayed to see recent media coverage of the proposed Eagle Spirit oil project, suggesting broad First Nations support for the proposal. 

The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation sought to block the expansion of Syncrude Canada Ltd's Mildred Lake oilsands operation in a filing to the province's energy regulator, adding another indigenous legal challenge to the region's resource exploitation.

Alberta still doesn’t have regulations in place to determine how to operate its much-vaunted “hard cap” on oilsands emissions, first announced in late 2015.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has announced plans to cut production of oil from her province, in response to a widening gap in the market price for western Canadian crude versus what other crude oils are getting on the market. The gap is triggering losses in provincial coffers of hundreds of millions of dollars.