Opponents of the Keystone XL Project and the Gulf Coast Project, both proposed by Calgary-based TransCanada, argue that tar sands oil from Northern Alberta is dirtier and more corrosive than most ...

BRUSSELS, June 5 (Reuters) - European Union policymakers propose to scrap a mandatory requirement to label oil from tar sands as more polluting than other forms of crude following years of lobbying ...

OTTAWA, Oct 18 (Reuters) - The European Union could yet reject a proposal to classify crude from Alberta's tar sands as dirty oil, the Canadian energy minister Joe Oliver said on Tuesday, a move which ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - A European Union plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting in its fight against climate change has been abandoned after years of opposition led by major producer ...

Dear EarthTalk: What are "dirty fuels" and why are they so called? — Bill Green, Seattle, Wash. The term "dirty fuels" refers to fuels derived from tar sands, oil shale or liquid coal. Just like their ...

OTTAWA • Thomas Mulcair, the New Democratic Party leadership candidate most likely to assume the prime-minister-in-waiting mantle after next Saturday’s final balloting, has issued some soothing words ...

&‘&‘A good neighbor lends you a cup of sugar," read an ad in t he Washington Post last month. "A great neighbor supplies you with 1.4 million barrels of oil a day." Ed Stelmach, the premier of the ...