This article was published by The Energy Mix on March 3, 2025. By Gaye Taylor The Alberta government is moving to pursue metallurgical coal extraction in the eastern reaches of the Rocky Mountains, even though [Read more]
This article was published by The Energy Mix on Oct 24, 2024. By Mitchell Beer An 8,000-tonne liquid carbon leak at the United States’ first commercial site for underground carbon dioxide storage is setting off [Read more]
This article was published by Policy Options on April 19, 2024. By Aliénor Rougeot, Anna McIntosh Perched on the shores of the Athabasca River in northern Alberta are a staggering 1.4 trillion litres of toxic [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on April 7, 2024 and updated on April 9, 2024. By Ben R. Collison Some of Canada’s biggest employers have a poor track record of abiding by environmental [Read more]
This article was published by The Conversation on Jan. 17, 2024. By Julia Baird, Gary Pickering and Gillian Dale With all the negative news coming out about climate change, its impacts and its possible trajectory [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on Jan. 17, 2024. By Jake Bittle As the world grapples with rising water use and climate-fuelled drought, countries from the United States to Israel to Australia are building [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on April 19, 2023. By Saqib Rahim As environmental challenges go, microfibre pollution has come from practically out of nowhere. It was only a decade or so ago that [Read more]
This article was published by Grist on June 14, 2023 and was co-published with Crosscut. By Kate Yoder A black, electric-powered Nissan Leaf pulled up to a gas station — not to fuel up, of course. [Read more]
This opinion piece was submitted by Phillip Meintzer, Alberta Wilderness Association Conservation Specialist, on Nov. 24, 2023. The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has made another highly irresponsible decision by declining to reconsider its approval of [Read more]
This story was originally published by the Arizona Mirror on Nov. 10, 2023 and republished by Grist on Nov. 18, 2023. By Shondiin Silversmith, Arizona Mirror In an effort to address the ongoing drought affecting the [Read more]
This article was published by COSIA on Feb 6, 2020. Mathijs Martens was sitting around a barbecue conversing with friends and family when the topic of the oil sands came up. “We were talking about [Read more]
In 2016, desalinated water accounted for 3 per cent of the Middle East’s water supply, but 5 per cent of its total energy consumption. TIME photo by Spencer Lowell. Middle Eastern desalinated water technology currently [Read more] [Read more]
Water recycling is another way operators can reduce disposal costs and limit water sourcing constraints – something Canadian producers already do With the recent rise oil prices, operators have been adding rigs and ramping up [Read more]
In 2016, about 80% of water used for oil sands mining and in situ production was recycled An updated water use report shows that oil and gas companies are using less water and improving recycling [Read more]
Hydrogen can be used by fuel cells to power electric motors or be burned in internal combustion engines Hydrogen holds promise as an inexpensive form of clean energy, but finding an efficient and affordable way [Read more]
COSIA supports improvements in 4 key priority areas: greenhouse gases, land, water and tailings Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance says industry is making huge strides toward its goal of accelerating the pace of environmental performance in [Read more]
Industry said Barnett Shale research doesn’t establish link between fracking and water contamination A new study investigating groundwater contamination in the Barnett Shale illustrates why caution should be exercised when drawing conclusions from scientific studies. In this case, [Read more]
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