tar sands

Explosions Ignite New Concerns About Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

An awful pipeline explosion that killed at least 27 people and injured over 50 others is raising fresh concerns about safety. The explosion, which destroyed at least 30 homes Sunday morning happens on the … Read more

Progress in Cancun Climate Talks, Much Left To Do

In the wee hours of the morning, international negotiators announced we had an agreement in Cancun on some forward steps, building blocks toward a binding treaty we hope. There’s still a … Read more

UPDATE – U.S. Must Account for Dirty Tar Sands at Climate Talks

As the negotiations in Cancun begin to churn, the split personality of the U.S. State Department threatens to undermine further trust in the U.S. negotiation position. At the nexus of … Read more

(VIDEO) Enviros Launch Ads Attacking Dirty Tar Sands Pipeline

A coalition of conservation and environmental groups that include NWF are calling on President Obama to put the brakes on the rush to rapid tar sands extraction that is polluting … Read more

Big Oil’s Threat to Northwest Salmon

For thousands of years, the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia and Snake rivers supported the most diverse and abundant salmon and steelhead populations on Earth. But in recent decades, these iconic fish … Read more

Texas Landowners Being Abused by TransCanada Tar Sands Giant?

Reports of landowner abuses by tar sands pipeline oil giant Transcanada are well documented in Nebraska.  But some reports of abuse are popping up in Texas, including alleged instances of … Read more

Cooking the Earth: Wildlife Deserve Better

A few weeks ago, National Wildlife Federation’s Jim Lyon and Felice Stadler traveled to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada to experience the devastation caused by the Canadian tar sands oil operation … Read more

Birds Die Slow Death in Tar Sands Sludge

Yesterday, reports surfaced that birds landed in the toxic sludge-filled lakes that surround the tar sands mines in northern Alberta. Over 120 birds had to be euthanized because they were … Read more

Tar Sands Tranform Parts of Alberta to Toxic Waste Land

Felice Stadler filed this dispatch while on a tour of tar sands producing Alberta, Canada. National Wildlife Federation is working to slow production of tar sands fuels in Alberta. Tar … Read more

Moose and Caribou Numbers Drop from Tar Sands Production

Yesterday’s industry-led tour of Suncor’s operations, and a visit to the First Nations town of Fort McKay, gave our delegation varied perspectives on the enormity of the industry Read more