Mac approved - sort of 12/26/2010
Mackenzie pipeline regulatory phase winds down; still a long road for project
Canada's federal energy regulator has approved the Mackenzie Valley natural gas project in a decision that is viewed as more of a signpost to the long road ahead than a truly significant milestone. No...

Alberta seeks backroom advice 11/28/2010
Alberta Energy Minister Ron Liepert has invited many one-time critics of provincial government policy in from the cold. In his continuing effort to rebuild bridges to the industry he has established a...

Hollywood hoopla fizzles 10/10/2010
Oscar-winning director says oil sands could be 'great gift' or 'curse'; Alberta premier favors 'quiet diplomacy and advocacy'
It was billed as Godzilla v. Vanilla - the Sept. 29 oil sands showdown between Hollywood movie mogul James Cameron and Ed Stelmach, the low-key, some say bland premier of Alberta. Canadian-born Camer...

Gateway turning into a wall 10/10/2010
Stiff opposition to Enbridge's plan for pipeline to carry crude to Kitimat, and to tankers which would be required to move oil
Enbridge's hopes of opening a door to Asia for crude from the Alberta oil sands are encountering increasingly stiff resistance. The latest to join the movement against the Northern Gateway Project is...

A fog over the oil sands 09/12/2010
'Boycotters' setting record straight; insist they only want to reduce high-carbon fuels; study fingers oil sands for toxic metals
The battle for hearts, minds and credibility is raging in the Alberta oil sands like seldom, if ever, before. Claims by ForestEthics, a U.S. activist environmental group, that it had gathered support...

Back from the depths 09/12/2010
W. Canada makes strong drilling comeback; Alberta closes in on record
It's a case of the glass being slightly more than half full and the level is rising. Government land sales in Alberta are rapidly closing in on a record year and the use of drilling rigs is making a s...

US boycott of Alberta oil sands spreads 09/05/2010
Six Fortune 500 companies target bitumen; Albertans plan counter-boycott; Stelmach says CEOs fail to recognize government measures
Whether or not it is - as many government and industry leaders believe - a willful distortion of the facts for ulterior purposes, the spreading campaign against the Alberta oil sands is creating a sie...