It’s only been a quarter of a century since the United States passed it’s Oil Pollution Act. A year after the 1989 Exxon Valdez environmental disaster off the coast of Alaska, American politicians wrote a law requiring all new tankers need to have double hulls to prevent similar catastrophes. But single hull tankers were still […]
Oil industry fights fracking bans
Longmount Colorado, a city of 25-thousand, is locked in a battle against the oil industry. The issue is fracking rights. Located in the northern part of the state, its residents decided to ban hydraulic fracturing a couple of years back. The decision protect open wilderness spaces and a reservoir popular with fishermen. The decision obviously […]
What is the federal government doing to protect the environment?
The federal government failed to spend $321-million Parliament approved for “environmentally responsible” programs last year—nearly one-third of the money that was available for that purpose. Meanwhile department spent $438,319,980 on programs that primarily support the oil and gas industry through research and marketing development, with support also for mining and forestry. The total was $41,618,530 […]
Clean up of spill in northern Alberta a challenge
Bitterly cold weather is impacting a crude oil spill clean up effort about 27 kilometres from Red Earth Creek in northern Alberta. The Alberta Energy Regulator says 337 barrels (60,000 litres) poured from a Canadian Natural Resources pipeline into muskeg. There are no reports of impact to wildlife. An incident report by the regulator states that a mechanical […]
Birds die in tailings pond, companies not at fault
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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