The Alberta Energy Regulator says oil sands companies Syncrude, Suncor and CNRL were following the rules when 196 birds died on tailings ponds in early November. Heavy fog and heavy, wet snow were deemed factors in why the waterfowl landed on the toxic ponds on November 4th despite deterrents being in place. The AER had stated 122 birds […]
Comment: Opposition to oilsands pipelines is having an impact
The grassroots resistance against the Alberta oil sands and its pipelines is having an impact. A recent publication by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, titled “Material Risks: How Public Accountability is Slowing Tar Sands Development,” stated production revenues from the oil sands were down $30.9 billion between 2010 to 2013. It also […]
Taking a step
A group of oil sands companies has set its first environmental performance target by limiting the use of fresh water in oil production, but goals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions have proven much more complicated. Members of the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance — an organization through which 13 oil sands players aim to make […]
List of Canadian pipelines on hold
Mounting opposition from environmentalists have delayed a number of oil industry projects, here are the top four. 1) Keystone XL Keystone XL is a proposed 1,897-kilometre pipeline that would carry crude oil from Hardisty, Alta., to Steele City, Neb., where it would link up with other pipelines that run to the Gulf Coast and the […]
Key questions about the Keystone XL pipeline debate
Most people have heard of the Keystone XL pipeline. To many though it’s not clear why there’s so much controversy about the project. The basics are simple: The proposed pipeline to be built by TransCanada would carry 830,000 barrels of oil per day from the oil sands down to Nebraska. Supporters contend it will create jobs and bolster the flow of oil from […]
An alternative to fracking
FalconRidge Oil Technologies is releasing products its management says could revolutionize the oil and gas industry when it comes to recovering product from dead wells. The technology called Terra Slicing Technology (TST), provides an alternative to hydraulic fracturing. The company claims its TST can restore the capacity of a well to up to 80% of its original […]
Carbon Neutral Gasoline
American entrepreneurs Peter Davis and Doug Kruep think they have come up with a way to help you drive your vehicle without leaving a carbon footprint. It’s called GreenPrint, LLC , it’s based on their invention of Carbon Neutral Gasoline. “Across the U.S. in one week, more than 100 million people will commute to work […]
Forests at risk so oil can flow
The world’s last remaining forest wilderness is rapidly being lost – and much of this is taking place in Canada, not in Brazil or Indonesia where deforestation has so far made the headlines. A new satellite study reveals that since 2000 more than 104 million hectares of forests – an area three times the size […]
Comment: Remove oil train threat
Twelve or 13 oil trains destined for points north rumble through Vancouver weekly. If the fossil fuel industry is permitted to build all its proposed Washington terminals, 72-80 oil trains will pass through weekly — a six-fold increase in pollution, congestion, risk of fire, explosion, environmental destruction. One terminal is proposed for Vancouver, three in […]
Comment: No fracking = no money
Nova Scotia certainly isn’t rolling in dough. The Maritime province has a higher unemployment rate than the national average. It’s also a “have-not” province on the equalization payment grid. That isn’t stopping them from putting the lid on one potential source of revenue. In September, Energy Minister Andrew Younger stated the province will ban hydraulic […]
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