BooksWhy 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
SocietyDoes spilled pipeline bitumen sink or float?A scientist seeks to answer this pressing environmental question amid a national pipeline debate
Economic analysisBanning crude exports would be stupid, but don’t take my word for itSometimes consultants say the damndest things.
Economic analysisRefine 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
Ottawa’How large will the oil sands sector grow?’Andrew Leach prepares to stand before the Natural Resources Committee
Economic analysisAlberta’s taxpayer-financed refinery: value-added job creator or boondoggle?5 questions for Alberta’s new energy minister
Economic analysisBooms, busts, and mantra about bitumenAndrew Leach on a new report from the Pembina Institute and Equiterre
Economic analysisWhat Alberta’s Energy East agreement really meansWhat happens to the oil once it gets east?
OttawaWhat happened to the bitumen export ban?During the 2008 campaign, Stephen Harper promised to ban the export of raw bitumen to countries with weaker emissions...