by Jessica Corbett | Jul 4, 2026 | alberta, Big Oil, Canada, Climate Crisis, Mark Carney, News, Pipelines, Tar Sands
On the heels of young Canadians suing over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s climate “failure” and people across the country mobilizing to urge the government to “stop fast-tracking destruction,” the Liberal leader on Thursday made a pair of fossil fuel-related announcements that sparked fresh anger. Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the United Conservative Party announced that the…
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by Jake Bittle | May 6, 2026 | Big Oil, Bridger Pipeline, Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, Keystone XL, News, Oil Pipelines, Tar Sands, Wyoming
On the first day of his presidency back in 2021, Joe Biden revoked a key permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have brought oil from Canada’s tar sands into the U.S. The decision to kill Keystone XL was perhaps Biden’s clearest gift to the environmental movement. But now, five years later, a family of Wyoming oil tycoons is bringing the Keystone concept back from the dead — and…
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by Jon Queally | Nov 29, 2025 | alberta, Canada, Climate Crisis, First Nations, Indigenous Peoples, Mark Carney, News, Oil and Gas Drilling, Tar Sands
First Nations groups backed by environmental and conservationist allies in Canada are denouncing a pipeline and tanker infrastructure agreement announced Thursday between Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, calling the deal a betrayal and promising to fight against its implementation tooth and nail. “We will use every tool in our toolbox to…
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