The Macondo oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is pushing US skimming resources to their limits, and the spill provides a test venue for new cleanup technology.

The Alberta provincial government granted tar sands oil producers the license to withdraw 652 million cubic meters of river water annually—equal to 172 billion gallons—for mining and processing. In ...

Accidental oil discharge into the river can lead to an environmental catastrophe, threatening the lives of countless aquatic animals as well as land animals that forms the ecosystem of the river ...

A new Canadian report finds a direct connection between oil sand mining and elevated levels of cancer causing agents in regional water supplies. The news is a blow for oil companies and the ...

The ruling comes as more companies are seeking to turn a profit on what has long been considered a vexing waste stream.

Moreover, it is important to recognize that Alberta's Oil Sands—vast as they may be—will not be the panacea for increasing global oil demand.

Canada's oil sands mining industry on Thursday outlined proposals to release treated water from tailings ponds into northern Alberta's Athabasca River, a move environmental groups say risks ...

As the Committee correctly noted, technologies are available today to treat oil sands mine water.

But critics assert that developing tar sands and other unconventional reserves will require more water, produce more climate-changing emissions and ruin more land as well as natural habitat than the ...

A slurry of sand, clay, residual bitumen and water containing naphthenic acids and metals, tailings ponds can kill birds that land on them and are costly and complicated to clean up. Oil sands ...

FORT LAUDERDALE-- After a day of advisories and investigations, Fort Lauderdale beaches reopened Sunday to swimmers. Beachgoers in Fort Lauderdale were advised to stay out of the water after an ...

Canadian oil companies have poured billions of gallons of toxic waste into vast reservoirs spread across the boreal forests of Alberta. To permanently dispose of the wastewater, they want to pump ...