Politico

LETTER: Pipeline about more than politics Gaston Gazette The editors of The Gazette have presented a long editorial, “Politics of the Pipeline Denial,” about the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline Project which would transport raw bitumen from tar sands strip mines (also called oil sands) and drill sites in ... It's all about the framing: How polls and the media misrepresent the Keystone ...Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Guest Post: Why Obama Rejected Keystone XLScientific American (blog) all 168 news articles »

FuelFix (blog)

Herbert fumes over BLM plan to rein in oil shale Salt Lake Tribune By brandon loomis Energy industry proponents howled while environmentalists raised a tepid toast Friday to the Obama administration's plans to slash the acreage available in Utah and neighboring states for oil shale and tar sands mining. BLM proposes scaling back oil shale, tar sands developmentFuelFix (blog) BLM Issues Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Oil Shale and ...Right Side News US proposes scaling back onshore leasing for oil shale, oil sandsPlatts Casper Star-Tribune Online all 48 news articles »

Arab News

Canada's tar sands emerging as an energy heavyweight Arab News This aerial photo shows a tar sands mine facility near Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada. Daily production of 1.5 million barrels from the oil sands is expected to increase to 3.7 million in 2025. (AP) By SYED RASHID HUSAIN The energy world is in a ... and more »

FuelFix (blog)

Dave Yost: Tar sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline Summit Daily News This oil is extremely expensive to extract and contributes to far more carbon in our atmosphere. This is because the “mining” of oil uses far more energy than oil wells. This tar sands oil extraction process is just one of the newer, more risky methods ... Tribal leaders cheer Obama rejection of XL PipelineNative Times Senate Republicans Attempt End Run Around Obama's Rejection of Keystone XLCenter for Biological Diversity (press release) Rejection of Keystone XL pipeline hurts nation hungry for jobsHamburg Sun Columbia Daily Tribune -FuelFix (blog) all 395 news articles »

Monitoring the Environmental Impact of Canada's Oil Sands Operations Oye! Times In addition to areally widespread contamination of PPEs , local increased concentration of these elements was found adjacent to oil sands development particularly related to land clearing, road dust and mining. Suncor and Syncrude data shows that ...

CTV.ca

Feds, Alberta to boost monitoring of oilsands CTV.ca A pickup truck passes a mining shovel at an oil sands mine near Fort McMurray, Alta. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Peter Kent is seen announcing the new oilsands monitoring plan in Edmonton, Alta., on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. United States: Big win as tar sands pipeline rejectedGreen Left Weekly Oilsands monitoring won't cleanup Canada's reputation: expertsGlobalNews.ca Canada, Alberta to announce new oil sands monitoringReuters BusinessWeek all 216 news articles »

Ashland Current

Sand mining boom threatens rare Karner blue butterly Winona Daily News Silica sand mined here is used in a drilling process nicknamed "fracking," in which sand, water and chemicals are blasted into wells, creating fissures in the rock and freeing hard-to-reach pockets of oil and natural gas. While the state Department of ... Mining, Frac Sand, And A Rare ButterflyAshland Current all 7 news articles »

Oil Refinery Vs. Production Bet Subject To Change Seeking Alpha Oil prices remain high, so all kinds of production techniques from fracking to mining tar sands becomes highly profitable, if oil and not gas is what you're looking for. If you're looking for natural gas, on the other hand, you have trouble, ... and more »

Globe and Mail

Imperial Oil okays $2-billion Cold Lake expansion Globe and Mail Imperial is among the big spenders, with the first phase of its $30-billion Kearl oil sands mine nearing production. Suncor Energy Inc. serves as another example as it expands its Firebag project and intends to make a major decision regarding the Fort ... Imperial Oil's Cold Lake oilsands project to cost $2BCalgary Herald Imperial Oil approves $2-billion Cold Lake expansionCTV.ca all 68 news articles »

Boston.com

The oil pipeline, uranium mining and US job woes Washington Post The United States does not need sludge from Canadian tar sands pumped through ecologically sensitive areas. Even though memories fade quickly, we should remember the disaster that took place with the chants of “drill, baby, drill” still in our ears. David Czamanske: President is right to reject Keystone PipelineSan Gabriel Valley Tribune Keystone veto first step for healthier EarthThe Miscellany News Why we need the Keystone pipelineNorman Transcript Reuters -Knovel all 895 news articles »