tag: tar sands

frontlines

Canada's Toxic Mess
Tar sands production in Alberta, Canada, has shot up considerably in recent years, from 482,000 barrels a day in 1995 to 1.3 million barrels a day in 2008, destroying bird habitat and leaving barren landscapes along the way.
Comments (0) | February 28, 2010
dispatches

Bird Alert
As many as 166 million birds could die within the next 50 years
Comments (0) | February 27, 2009
dispatches

Army Green
In December 2007, Congress approved an energy bill with a provision that prohibits federal agencies - the largest single buyer of fuel in the nation
Comments (0) | December 1, 2008
What's Happening OnEarth

Are We Really Going to Ride Fossil Fuels to the Bitter End?

Comments (1) | September 22, 2008
dispatches

Major Airlines Check Out
For some, blue skies crisscrossed with airplane contrails elicit worries about global warming more than wistful dreams of faraway lands.
Comments (0) | February 29, 2008
eye on washington

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.
Comments (0) | February 29, 2008
frontlines

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.
Comments (0) | February 29, 2008
What's Happening OnEarth

The Year’s Best Enviro Stories

Comments (0) | December 16, 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
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 (29) | September 1, 2007