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An image from "Ducks," a graphic novel by Kate Beaton, depicting the "Highway of Death."

‘Wherever the work is, we’re all going’: Graphic novelist on working in Alberta’s tar sands

Books

“Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands,” a graphic novel by Kate Beaton, from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, tells the story of leaving home and joining thousands of others to work in the oil sands of Alberta, Canada. Beaton joined The World’s host Marco Werman to talk about her experience.

Tar sands oil processing facility

Big companies are pulling the plug on their projects in Alberta’s tar sands

Environment
Gas flares at the Suncor Oil Sands Mining Site.

The view over Alberta’s tar sands shows booming wealth — and environmental destruction

Environment

Pipelines and oil trains provide different risks, rewards

Environment

Canadian oil company seeks to expand pipelines other than Keystone XL

Environment

British Columbia rejects oil pipeline, casting Keystone in new light

Environment

The argument in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline says if not through the U.S., it’ll go somewhere else. But a series of decisions in Canada at least raise the question over whether that is in fact true. If it’s not, does that remove one reason the U.S. should approve the pipeline?

Canadian First Nations group raises red flag on proposed oil mining

Environment

Shell in Canada wants to expand its tar sands, also known as oil sands, mining operation in Alberta. But a group from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation says not so fast. They’re worried the project will do great environmental damage, and violate their rights.

Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas

Environment

The oil pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast could provide 700 thousand barrels a day, but critics say it would wreak environmental havoc.

Keystone XL Pipeline Report

The US State Department recently released an environmental impact statement for the controversial pipeline that downplays its climate risks and other environmental effects. Steve Kretzmann of Oil Change International is a critic.

The World

Obama Decides to Hold Off Deciding on Massive Pipeline

Global Satire

President Obama decides to hold off deciding on a massive pipeline that would carry oil from Canadian tar sands in Alberta through six states before reaching Texas’ Gulf coast. Canadian cartoonist Gary Clement thinks he knows why.