tag: tar sands

  • Eye on Washington: Spring 2008

    New cars will soon go farther on a gallon of gas, thanks, at long last, to the energy bill Congress passed late last year raising fuel mileage standards for the first time in more than three decades.
  • Major Airlines Check Out

    For some, blue skies crisscrossed with airplane contrails elicit worries about global warming more than wistful dreams of faraway lands.
  • Now We Feel Better

    Our Fall 2007 story "Canada's Highway to Hell" painted a grim picture of the impact of the tar-sands industry on the boreal forest of Alberta.
  • 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.
  • Fall 2007: Nanotechnology; Tar Sands; Eco-Pest Control

    NRDC works on many of the issues covered in the magazine by independent journalists. Here's a quick peek behind the headlines.


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