Alberta Premier Jim Prentice told a crowd made up of representatives from the oil industry there are challenges being the largest land locked oil producer in the world, but he has a plan. Prentice was a keynote speaker at the World Heavy Oil Congress taking place in Edmonton, Alberta. Climate change and the environment are […]
Investigation called for into Alberta’s toxic tailings ponds
The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has found enough evidence to warrant an investigation into the Harper government’s failure to enforce the federal Fisheries Act, with respect to continuous leaking from Alberta’s toxic oil sands tailings ponds. Since 2010, the U.S.-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Canada-based Environmental Defence, as well as three […]
Alberta ministers check US Oil Sands without leaving the province
A couple of Alberta government ministers have made a trip to Grande Prairie to see U.S. Oil Sands operations. The company which focuses on oil sands exploration and production in Utah, welcomed Minister of Energy, Diana McQueen, and Minister of Transportation & Infrastructure, Wayne Drysdale. The pair toured to tour US Oil Sands bitumen extraction […]