Top scientists say we need to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions to prevent hitting a point of no return.
Music icon Neil Young says Canadians need to stand up for clean air, land and water by taking on big oil companies in particular. He calls issues involving pipelines "scabs on our lives," and says Canadians must band together to ensure their constitution includes the right to live in a healthy environment.
Information on oil sands and pipelines in Alberta.
The Lower Athabasca Regional Plan, a made-in-Alberta approach to land use planning, provides maximum benefits to Albertans while protecting our environment for future generations.
Alberta Energy manages oil sands royalty and tenure regulations, as well as Crown and individual agreements to ensure that royalties and rentals are calculated and collected for the benefit of the people of Alberta. These royalties thelp pay for everyday services that Albertan's enjoy, like healthcare and education.
June 2008 issue FEATURE: Alberta's oil-sands Scar sands More than a million barrels of crude flow out of Alberta's oil-sands plants every day. Environmentally, it's a disaster zone. There's no turning off the tap, but improvements in five areas could limit the staggering scale of the ecological damage.By Curtis Gillespie with photography by Garth Lenz "HARD TO BELIEVE, HEY?"
Export Tankers Tanker terminal in St. Lawrence Quebec City crossing Temagami North Bay Thunder Bay Kenora Region and Winnipeg Otterburne, Manitoba Hardistry, Alberta near Fort McMurray, Alberta Export Tankers: Energy East is primarily an export pipeline .
CEPA is the hub of information about Canadian transmission pipelines.
Pipeline projects are being pursued to diversify the business and add incremental value to existing assets. Key areas of focus include greenfield development options to connect our natural gas pipelines to northern gas reserves and emerging Canadian and U.S. shale gas supplies, and transporting crude oil from the Alberta oil sands.
