Several scientific reports have called into question everything from injection wells to carbon capture and storage. The latter is a key component of the federal and Alberta governments’ climate change strategies and budgets. Continue reading Dumping waste into the ground is a shaky solution
The goal of our government and industry leaders appears to be to dig up as much oil as possible, as quickly as possible, and sell it overseas, and damn the economic and environmental consequences. Continue reading Another day, another pipeline spill
Last week, the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Alberta Region, announced protection of a 536-hectare Alberta Ranch in the Castle Crown Natural Area. Continue reading NCC protects key ranch land in Alberta’s Castle Crown Natural Area
Nature Conservancy of Canada, Alberta Region, announces protection of a 536-hectare Alberta Ranch in the Castle Crown Natural Area. Continue reading NCC protects key ranch land in Alberta’s Castle Crown Natural Area
In honour of Earth Day on April 22, the Saskatchewan Research Council is educating the public on what this will mean for the Prairie provinces. Continue reading Climate Change to have major effects on Prairies
To mobilize against the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the International League of Conservation Photographers and members of the Gitga’ at First Nation capture breathtaking images of the wildlife inhabiting BC’s Great Bear Rainforest, home of the elusive spirit bear. Continue reading SpOIL (2011) Directed by Trip Jennings
Introducing the Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network. The Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network contributes to effective land use planning, analysis and decision making … Continue reading Moving Knowledge into Practice – Alberta Land-use Knowledge Network
Banff, Alberta – Over the objections of almost 200,000 citizens, the federal government has approved the proposed “Brewster Glacier Discovery Walk” … Continue reading Approval of Jasper Development Ignores Public Outcry
David York’s acclaimed feature documentary explores one man’s controversial battle against gas development. Wieibo Ludwig is the prime suspect in a string of 2008 bombings. The bombings echo a campaign of sabotage he waged against the oil and gas industry in the 1990s. Continue reading Wiebo’s War: One man’s controversial battle against gas development
Tomorrow environmental activists will gather in Ottawa to protest the Tar Sands Pipeline from Canada to the US. When I … Continue reading Standing Up by Sitting In – Protesting the Tar Sands
Today, conservation groups represented by Earthjustice and Ecojustice Canada submitted a petition to Interior Secretary Salazar asking him to report to President Obama that Canada’s destructive tar sands extraction undermines international efforts to protect endangered and threatened species. Continue reading Conservation groups say tar sands extraction violates international wildlife treaties
Conference: Petrocultures: Oil, Energy, Culture September 6-8, 2012 / Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta Keynote Speakers: Ursula Biemann, (video artist, Switzerland) Warren Cariou, (University of Manitoba) Allan Stoekl, (Penn State University) Petrocultures will bring together scholars, writers, filmmakers and artists from around the world who are engaged in an exploration of the social and cultural […] Continue reading Conference: Petrocultures: Oil, Energy, Culture
