Articles: Andrew Nikiforuk

  • feature stories

    Canada's Highway to Hell

    Even sober energy experts wonder if Alberta has gone mad as the province tears up a vast wilderness to get at the world's dirtiest, most expensive -- and perhaps last -- reserves of oil.
    Comments (26)  |  September 1, 2007
  • short takes

    Coming Soon to a Western State Near You?

    So far, rational environmental arguments have largely kept Utah's tar sands, which contain an estimated 12 billion to 20 billion barrels of oil, in the ground. Rising oil prices, however, may soon erase these historic constraints, just as they have done in Canada.
    Comments (1)  |  September 1, 2007

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