“The panel agreed the largest single threat to the Basin is a potential breach in the tailings ponds at one of the large oil sands sites mining surface bitumen. A breach in winter sending tailings liquid under the ice of the tributary Athabasca River, “would be virtually impossible to remediate or clean-up,” says the report.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Tar sands
New oil sands panic: Potentially ‘catastrophic’ changes underway in Canada’s northern Mackenzie River Basin
Posted in Tar sands
British Columbia rejects tar sands pipeline project
CBC News reports: Continue reading
Posted in Tar sands
Canadian enviros propose to tax tar sands out of existence
By 2020, tar sands production would either be carbon emissions-free or producers would be paying $100 per ton of emissions. Continue reading
Posted in Keystone XL, Tar sands
Germany ends tar sands research with Canada; Enviro ‘press releases were getting harsher and harsher’
Possibly the French should have fired harsh press releases at the invader in 1870, 1914 and 1940? Continue reading
Posted in Tar sands
Environmental activists are gearing up
Recognizing that peaceful and lawful means to achieve its objectives to fight climate change are not working, the Sierra Club has in desperation decided to escalate its activism and organize civil disobedience. It issued a press release approving civil disobedience — breaking the law — to try to stop the Keystone pipeline. Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Eco-terrorism, Environmentalism, Fracking, Keystone XL, Tar sands
H. Sterling Burnett: The Pro’s and Con’s of Romney’s Energy Plan
A great deal of ink has been spilled by commentators, journalists, and policy wonks since the release August 24th of presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s energy plan. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, energy infrastructure, KXL, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands
Enbridge pipeline hearing focuses on economic benefits
Under fire from Alberta unions, Enbridge said Tuesday its proposed Northern Gateway pipeline will not cause job losses in the refining sector though it will be affected by higher prices for crude oil that will result if the pipeline goes ahead. Continue reading
Canada Warns that Anonymous May Attack Oil Sands Energy Companies
According to documents that have recently been obtained by Bloomberg News this month, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Public Safety Department, and Communications Security Establishment Canada, have all investigated threats that have been made against the Canadian oil industry by the Anonymous hacker group. Continue reading
Romney To Focus On Fossil Fuels
Energy Policy: Plan would end subsidies for renewable energy, makes no mention of climate change Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, energy infrastructure, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Oil Sands Mining in Utah Clears Major Hurdle
Two environmental organizations say they will continue fighting first large project in the U.S. Continue reading
Report warns of oilsands impacts on groundwater
Thousands of people depend on the water below Alberta’s oilsands region, but the effects of industrial development on those water tables is not yet fully understood, a new report says. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas, Tar sands, Water pollutiuon, Water rights, Water scarcity
Tagged oilsands
Alaska pursuing unconventional shale oil development to fill its pipeline
Canada may have its Albertan oil sands, and North Dakota has its Bakken oil formation. But don’t count Alaska out when it comes to producing unconventional oil. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Romney Energy Plan Would Expand Oil Drilling on U.S. Land and Offshore
Mitt Romney plans to unveil an energy plan Thursday morning in Hobbs, N.M., that would allow states more control over the development of energy resources on federal lands within their borders, as well as aggressively expand offshore oil and gas drilling — including along the coasts of Virginia and the Carolinas — as part of a broader effort to reach energy independence. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Economics, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, KXL, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Mitt Romney says plan will achieve North American energy independence by 2020
Mitt Romney morphed into a traveling salesman here Thursday as he gave his best pitch for an energy plan that’s big on loosening environmental regulations and expanding domestic oil drilling and coal production. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, KXL, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Romney energy plan promises ‘independence’
Mitt Romney is unveiling an energy plan aimed at making the United States independent of overseas oil by 2020 — giving himself seven years to achieve a goal of energy self-sufficiency that has eluded every president since Richard Nixon. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, KXL, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
The Real Reason Why the U.S. Military is Going Green
Start drilling if you’re worried about supply, dopey and back it up with Fischer-Tropsch or better because we have coal literally to burn. Continue reading
Posted in Biofuels, Coal, Development, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged biofuel boondoggle, burning food, deepwater drilling, fischer-tropsch, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
The Horrifying Effects of a Canadian Tar Sands Oil Spill
Part of the US’s attempts to secure energy independence involves increasing the imports from friendly neighbours such as Canada. This has led to a large number of new pipelines spreading out across America in preparation for the increase in tars sands deliveries. Continue reading
We are Decades Away from a Cure for our Fossil Fuel Addiction
My name is Barry and I’m “addicted” to abundant, reliable, affordable energy supplies… and I’ll defend the use of those supplies for the good of my family and my community. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, energy infrastructure, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Update: In situ oilsands output sets record
Drillable bitumen production reaches 1.037 million bpd in June Continue reading
B.C. businessman David Black wants to build $13B oil refinery
A self-described quiet environmentalist, not-quite-a-billionaire but “wealthy enough” businessman in British Columbia is proposing to do something that hasn’t been done in thirty years in Canada: build a refinery. Continue reading
