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Tar Sands/Oil Sands

Tar Sands/Oil SandsThe oil industry is hoping to shift the geopolitical center of global oil production to Canada’s boreal forests, home of vast deposits of oil sands, also called tar sands. Environmentalists and First Nations contend it’s a dirty, carbon- and water-intensive business, while proponents of development tout energy security benefits. We’re covering the battle here.
Line 5 marker near the Mackinac Bridge.
Great Lakes at Risk of Major Oil Spill, Report Warns
National Wildlife Federation report says a spill on an aging Enbridge pipeline could damage a water source for 30 million people.
Story updated on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. EDT to include comments from Enbridge. Two aging oil and natural...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 18, 2012 | Read More
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow
Mich. Pipeline Fight: Frustration Builds Over Elected Leaders' Silence
Amid puzzling indifference shown by elected officials over Enbridge's pipeline plans, townships are stepping up, opponents say—and giving them some hope.
At first, Katy Bodenmiller was dumbfounded by the response from U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a two-...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 17, 2012 | Read More
Map of old and new keystone xl routes through Nebraska.
Nebraska Pipeline Debate Dies Down Despite Unresolved Problems with Keystone XL Route
Latest reroute moves pipeline away from land owned by outspoken opponents but does little to avoid shallow water sources.
The decision to detour the Keystone XL around land owned by its noisiest opponents, plus the...
By Lisa Song
Oct 15, 2012 | Read More
Worker cleaning up the Kalamazoo River on Aug. 4, 2012.
EPA Worries Dilbit Still a Threat to Kalamazoo River, More Than 2 Years After Spill
Enbridge needs to dredge accumulating oil from 100 acres of the river’s bottom, EPA says. The work could take up to a year and cost tens of millions more.
The hidden, long-term effects of the 2010 pipeline accident that spilled more than a million...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 11, 2012 | Read More
Trees on Debbie Hense's land cut down by Enbridge.
Michigan Landowners Quietly Rack Up Court Victories in Pipeline Fight With Enbridge
The fierce resistance and legal delays Enbridge is encountering over Line 6B are extraordinary, says expert. But landowners still face an uphill battle.
Ken Weathers doesn't see himself in the role of David versus the giant Enbridge Inc. Yet he is. The...
By David Hasemyer
Oct 3, 2012 | Read More
Susan Dunavan is one of the landowners who filed the lawsuit challening Nebraska
Keystone XL: Neb. Landowners Sue Governor, but Case May Not Get Heard
Landowners say pipeline siting law violates the Constitution. State says suit should be thrown out because landowners have no right to make the challenge.
Nebraska landowners who helped doom TransCanada's plan to build its Keystone XL pipeline through...
By Lisa Song
Sep 27, 2012 | Read More
Koch Industries has had a stake going back 50-yearsin Canadian heavy oil through
Koch Brothers Cashing In 220,000 Acres of Tar Sands Holdings
Recent action by Koch Oil Sands pulls the curtain back further on the Koch family's deep but quiet involvement in Canada's oil sands industry.
A Canadian division of Koch Industries is reviewing a range of offers to buy up to 220,000 net...
By Elizabeth Douglass
Sep 20, 2012 | Read More
A console in the Enbridge oil control room.
Few Oil Pipeline Spills Detected by Much-Touted Technology
InsideClimate News analysis of a decade of federal data shows general public detected far more spills than leak detection technology.
For years, TransCanada, the Canadian company that wants to build the Keystone XL pipeline, has...
By Lisa Song
Sep 19, 2012 | Read More
Water from a spigot at the PR Spring mine site
Ruling Exempting First U.S. Tar Sands Mine from Water Pollution Monitoring Is Challenged
Important case concerns mining permit for 6,000 acres of state-owned land in Utah, which has 232,065 acres of land open for oil sands mining.
The debate over whether oil sands mining should be allowed in Utah inched forward this week when an...
By David Hasemyer
Sep 13, 2012 | Read More
Landowner Carol Brimhall
Angry Michigan Residents Fight Uneven Battle Against Pipeline Project on Their Land
A 2010 oil pipeline spill contaminated Michigan’s Kalamazoo River. Now the line is being replaced, raising the ire of landowners along the route.
The notice that arrived at Debbie and David Hense's home last September didn't seem especially...
By David Hasemyer
Sep 12, 2012 | Read More