The tar sands underlie much of Alberta's subarctic boreal forest, an environment of coniferous woodlands, muskeg bogs, lakes, rivers and marshes. Although summer days are long, the growing season is ...

In 2011, climate change scientist and activist, James Hansen, published the report “Silence Is Deadly.” The paper contained an alarming message about a proposed pipeline, which would carry about ...

Alberta's sprawling tar sands region holds the second largest oil reserve in the world after Saudi Arabia, but investors lured by the promise of black gold should think twice about the environmental ...

On today’s show we’ll speak with Kanahus Manuel, founder of the Tiny House Warrior Movement, speaking about the Alberta Tar Sands and the recent Justin Trudeau resignation. Learn more about the Tiny ...

Rapidly-spreading forest fires that caused the frantic evacuation of about 90,000 people from the tar-sands boomtown of Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada, seemed to be quieting down several days ago.

If it is ever built, the Keystone XL Pipeline will exist for one reason: To move Canadian tar sands oil from remote Alberta to refineries in Texas. For the U.S., controversy over the tar sands is ...