Alberta tar sands
The view over Alberta’s tar sands shows booming wealth — and environmental destruction
A trillion dollars’ worth of heavy crude oil has attracted the world’s oil titans to western Canada — and they’re making a mess. The World and GlobalPost’s GroundTruth Project head to the skies for a look at the sweeping impact of oil extraction from the Alberta Tar Sands.A trillion dollars’ worth of heavy crude oil has attracted the world’s oil titans to western Canada — and they’re making a mess. The World and GlobalPost’s GroundTruth Project head to the skies for a look at the sweeping impact of oil extraction from the Alberta Tar Sands.
Canada approves a new plan for a pipeline to bring oil from Alberta’s tar sands to British Columbia
Canada’s federal government recently approved energy company Enbridge’s proposed pipeline to bring Tar Sands oil from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast. But the coastal First Nations strongly oppose the plan, and the British Columbia premier has yet to agree. Canada’s federal government recently approved energy company Enbridge’s proposed pipeline to bring Tar Sands oil from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast. But the coastal First Nations strongly oppose the plan, and the British Columbia premier has yet to agree.