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The Last Battle

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Apr 29, 2019 If we do not join with the Cree and other indigenous peoples to halt oil extraction from tar sands, it will be “game over” for the planet. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Alberta Elects Government Opposed to Keystone XL Pipeline (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 7, 2015 The survival of the controversial pipeline project is cast further into doubt with the election of a left-wing government in Canada’s wealthiest and most conservative province. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Tar Sands Catastrophe: Months-Long Leak Still Bubbling Away

BLANK Sep 27, 2013 Four months after a leak was first noticed in a northern Alberta, Canada, tar sands field, operators still don't know what caused it or how to stop it. Now a lake will be drained to try to find the source -- a catastrophe that points up the industry's failure to understand its own processes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

German Scientists Cut Ties With Tar Sands

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 20, 2013 A prestigious German research center has dropped its involvement in a Canadian tar sands project for fear the association could damage its reputation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Oh, Canada’s Become a Home for Record Fracking

By Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica Dec 29, 2011 Early last year, deep in the forests of northern British Columbia, workers for Apache Corp used 259 million gallons of water and 50,000 tons of sand to frack 16 gas wells in what the company proclaimed the biggest hydraulic fracturing operation ever executed what the company proclaimed the biggest hydraulic fracturing operation ever. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )