Alberta’s Oil Sands, what do you know about them?

The oil sands in northern Alberta, Canada, provide a rich source of crude oil.  The oil lies close to the surface and can be extracted by surface mining or in situ extraction.  This provides a huge source of the United States’ oil, plus being a huge Canadian industry.  But it is not without controversy.  Critics [...]

Canada Climate Change Legislation

In the absence of federal legislation in both the United States and Canada, the states and provinces have been forming regional groupings and “agreeing” to impose local legislation by certain target dates.  This has taken the form of a northeast initiative, midwest initiative and western initiative.  If the United States takes federal action before the [...]