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Oil sands

Enbridge Energy Line 3 protest
Environment
Native tribes in Minnesota pledge to continue fighting new Line 3 pipeline
Keystone pipeline spill
Environment
Keystone oil spill casts doubt on the safety of proposed Keystone XL pipeline
Three dump trucks in a barren landscape
Energy
Exxon and oil sands go on trial in New York climate fraud case
Linda Garcia, Goldman Prize winner
Environment
Washington activist wins a Goldman Environmental Prize for defeating a dangerous oil-by-rail project
Protestors hold up signs at a rally against a proposed Kinder Morgan oil pipeline expansion on Burnaby Mountain in 2014 in British Columbia. In late May, the Canadian government announced it would fund an expansion project for the Kinder Morgan Trans Moun
With pipeline decision, Canada’s Trudeau draws ire of environmental supporters
"Water is Life"
Environment
In Canada, a pipeline environmental engineer protests her former company’s tar sands plan
Keystone Pipeline
Environment
The Keystone XL pipeline gets a victory, but with a question mark
Opponents of the Keystone XL oil pipeline rally in front of the White House on February 24, 2015, the day President Barack Obama vetoed a bill circumventing administration review of the project and mandating its construction.
Environment
President Obama’s veto isn’t the end of the Keystone XL story
Tar sands oil processing facility
Environment
Big companies are pulling the plug on their projects in Alberta’s tar sands
Gas flares at the Suncor Oil Sands Mining Site.
Environment
The view over Alberta’s tar sands shows booming wealth — and environmental destruction
Alberta tar sands
Environment
Canada approves a new plan for a pipeline to bring oil from Alberta’s tar sands to British Columbia
Energy East
Business, Economics and Jobs
Canada takes another run at finding a pipeline for its tar sands oil
Conservation Canine
Environment
Pipelines and oil trains provide different risks, rewards
Environment
Canadian oil company seeks to expand pipelines other than Keystone XL
Environment
British Columbia rejects oil pipeline, casting Keystone in new light
Business, Economics and Jobs
Cost of getting energy to market rising as resources become more scarce
Environment
Canadian First Nations group raises red flag on proposed oil mining
Environment
‘Energy sufficiency’ for the U.S. in reach as American oil companies consider exports
Environment
Canada emerging as a nearby energy giant
Environment
Oil pipeline from Canada could be election issue for Obama
Environment
Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas
Petition to Regulate Tar sands Oil Pipelines
Keystone XL Pipeline Report
Oil extraction near Drayton Valley, Alberta.
Environment
Canada: The Emerging Energy Superpower to the North
Environment
Canadian Aboriginal Groups Oppose Pipeline
Global Satire
Obama Decides to Hold Off Deciding on Massive Pipeline
Keystone Pipeline Oil for Export
Mixing Oil and Water
Pros and Cons of Canada-US Oil Pipeline
Mixing Oil and Water
Global Politics
US may approve more ‘dirty’ Canadian oil
Global Politics
Avatar director on environmental mission
A section of Enbridge pipeline lies under a cover in a trench.
Environment
Opportunity and outrage at Canada’s oil sands