Canada

Devastating Quebec train crash reaffirms dangers of oil

July 9, 2013 By Blake Skylar

Whether the explosion's origins lie in criminal activity or not, the train crash follows a string of oil-related disasters this year, indicating how risky oil transport is.

Major oil-water spill darkens Alberta, Canada

June 13, 2013 By Blake Skylar

In the wetlands of northern Alberta, Canada, outside the town of Zama City, everything is stained with the thick, pungent blackness of oil.

Of rhinos and candidates

May 16, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Readers may be interested to know that a female black rhinoceros played an important part in the struggle to clean up corrupt elections in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1958.

Recovery underway for Minnesota oil spill, but what lessons learned?

March 29, 2013 By Blake Skylar

On March 28 in western Minnesota, a mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed, leading to a spill of about 15,000 gallons of crude.

Idle No More: Native movement sweeps Canada and U.S.

January 25, 2013 By Albert Bender

Native communities from coast to coast in the U.S. have embraced this upheaval.