Canada's oil sands are experiencing a comeback due to the newly expanded Trans Mountain oil pipeline bringing Canadian oil to the Asian market. The pipeline has led to record-high production, with output set to grow to 6 million daily barrels by 2030, and has boosted local prices for heavy oil.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has struck a deal for a new pipeline carrying a million barrels of oil a day to Canada’s west coast in a bid to pivot away from an over-reliance on the US economy.

“Dene chiefs will not gamble with the lives of our people or the health of our waters, lands and animals,” says Dene National Chief George Mackenzie, as he demands Dene Nation input in regulatory decisions on Alberta oil sands projects that could affect the environment downstream in the NWT. Photo courtesy of the Dene Nation

There are no shortage of reasons why the Keystone XL pipeline has become such a hot button issue for environmentalists. Many worry about the risks the project could pose to the Ogallala aquifer in Nebraska, where the pipeline was originally designed to pass.

First Nations groups backed by environmental and conservationist allies in Canada are denouncing a pipeline and tanker infrastructure agreement announced Thursday between Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, calling the deal a betrayal and promising to fight against its implementation tooth and nail.

Studies reveal that pollution levels from Canada's Athabasca oil sands are much higher than industry-reported, raising health and environmental concerns. Despite ambitious climate pledges, Canada continues to rely on oil sands production, highlighting a ...

Kate Beaton headed to the tar sand fields of Alberta saddled with loans and in need of cash. She found a job — and the book she “was always going to make.” By Robert Ito The administration urged a court to throw out a challenge brought by tribal and ...

Back in 2008, former vice president Al Gore decided that it was time to take the fight against climate change to a new level. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, Gore said that the world had “reached the stage where it is ...

(Reuters) - The oil sands region of northern Alberta is the world's second-largest crude reserve, containing more than 170 billion barrels of recoverable bitumen, an extra-heavy form of oil that requires expensive processing before it can be rendered into ...