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One of Alberta’s biggest solar installations has been built in one of the most unlikely places—the heart of Canada’s Athabasca oil sands. The Lubicon Cree First Nation aboriginal community launched the Piitapan Solar...

It’s official. Trans Canada has confirmed it’s canceling its pipeline port terminal in Cacouna, Quebec due to protest and concerns over potential impacts to endangered beluga whale species in the area. Earlier this year...

Nearly 80,000 gallons of crude oil just spilled into a water body north of Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada on Friday. Alberta has more than its fair share of problems due to oil exploration - in 2012, 3,200 barrels of crude...

Nearly 80,000 gallons of a crude oil mix spilled into a waterbody north of Slave Lake in Alberta, Canada on Friday. Alberta has more than its fair share of problems with all of the oil exploration going on there. In 2012, 3,200...

Photo via Shutterstock In a landmark speech on climate change today, President Obama offered an insight into whether he'll approve the controversial 1,700-mile pipeline, explaining that he will only approve the Keystone...

In a victory for environmentalists and green energy activists everywhere, the Senate yesterday voted against the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that was slotted to run from the dirty tar sands in Alberta, Canada...

Undeterred by Obama’s rejection of permit applications for the Keystone XL pipeline earlier this month, TransCanada have announced that they will move forward with the southern section of the controversial project...

In Reports delivered to Congress by the U.S. State Department and several universities, and in statements by TransCanada’s Vice President, it has come to light that the number of permanent jobs created by the Keystone...