Opponents of the Keystone XL Project and the Gulf Coast Project, both proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada, argue that tar sands oil from Northern Alberta is dirtier and more corrosive than most ...

The development of "oil shale" (not to be confused with "shale oil") and "tar sands" has been shown to be environmentally destructive, and water and energy intensive. Extracting oil from U.S. public ...

Dear EarthTalk: How is it that migrating birds are being negatively affected by oil extraction in Canada’s Boreal forest? Tar sands are a mixture of sand, clay, water and a dense and viscous tar-like ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - A European Union plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting in its fight against climate change has been abandoned after years of opposition led by major producer ...

Dear EarthTalk: What are "dirty fuels" and why are they so called? — Bill Green, Seattle, Wash. The term "dirty fuels" refers to fuels derived from tar sands, oil shale or liquid coal. Just like their ...

The head of a regional oil pipeline company says he’s looking for new projects, including using the line to carry controversial tar sands oil across northern New England. The Legislature is reviewing ...

&‘&‘A good neighbor lends you a cup of sugar," read an ad in t he Washington Post last month. "A great neighbor supplies you with 1.4 million barrels of oil a day." Ed Stelmach, the premier of the ...

OTTAWA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The European Union could yet reject a proposal to classify crude from Alberta's tar sands as dirty oil, the Canadian energy minister Joe Oliver said on Tuesday, a move which ...

WASHINGTON -- Anything that lets America to continue its narcoticlike dependence on carbon fossil fuels -- whether the sprawling tar sands of Canada or the petroleum pools under Alaska's Arctic ...

When President Biden revoked the permit of the Keystone XL Pipeline in January 2021, he stated, “permitting the pipeline would undermine U.S. climate leadership by undercutting the credibility and ...

The term "dirty fuels" refers to fuels derived from tar sands, oil shale or liquid coal. Just like their more conventional fossil fuel counterparts such as petroleum and coal, they can be turned into ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The European Union could yet reject a proposal to classify crude from Alberta's tar sands as dirty oil, the Canadian energy minister Joe Oliver said on Tuesday, a move which would ...