WASHINGTON, DC, June 9, 2010 (ENS) – A 1,660 mile mile-long oil pipeline from Canada proposed to run through five U.S. states would be environmentally hazardous and encourage reliance on the dirtiest ...

Americans now paying $4.50 for a gallon of gas are on the verge of open revolt. A price that high -- and likely to go higher -- is simply unaffordable for the millions of people commuting to work.

U.S. President Barack Obama stepped lightly around the tar sands issue this afternoon as he wrapped up his first official foreign trip and visit with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Obama said ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, August 9, 2013 (ENS) – To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from oil production in the Alberta tar sands, the government of Canada is investing in a demonstration-scale algal ...

Partnership doubles capacity of line as oil demand grows. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Two major energy companies will spend $7 billion to nearly double the amount of crude flowing through a pipeline from ...

Congratulations to the people of TransCanada, Inc., whose long fight to connect the tar-sands-oil-pumping Keystone pipeline to the Gulf Coast of America finally reached fruition on Wednesday. Even ...

(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The Canadian tar sand oil lobby is deliberately using uncertainty over the carbon ...

The Washington Post is wailing about the environmental ruination of that great ecological wonder, the Canadian tar sands. Canada's Athabasca Basin holds more hydrocarbons (oil) than anyplace else in ...

VICTORIA, B.C. -- Remember that scene in Star Wars, where the hologram Princess Leia begs Obi-Wan Kenobi for help? Consider this the same kind of plea: Dear American friends, you're our only hope.

The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced Tuesday that it anticipates exiting all tar sands investments by Dec. 31, two years ahead of its commitment announced in 2019. The insurance and ...