Why oil sands protesters and companies both get it wrongWith his book The Patch, environmental writer Chris Turner makes a plea for realism in the noisy, misguided proxy war over pipelines
Does spilled pipeline bitumen sink or float?A scientist seeks to answer this pressing environmental question amid a national pipeline debate
Banning crude exports would be stupid, but don’t take my word for itSometimes consultants say the damndest things.
Refine it where you mine it? The value-adders are back.We should be finding the most lucrative markets for our bitumen and charging an appropriate rate to extractors, writes Andrew Leach
’How large will the oil sands sector grow?’Andrew Leach prepares to stand before the Natural Resources Committee
Alberta’s taxpayer-financed refinery: value-added job creator or boondoggle?5 questions for Alberta’s new energy minister
Booms, busts, and mantra about bitumenAndrew Leach on a new report from the Pembina Institute and Equiterre