Back in the 1970s “experts” unequivocally stated that the world would run out of oil early in the 21st century. Of course they were looking at recoverable oil from traditional exploratory technology at the time. Today, however, it seems we are awash with the stuff. This is

Welcome to our second weekly headlines for 2013. This week’s stories include: A Science Rendezvous to Inspire the Next Generation; Next Steps for the Mars One Project; Feeding the Planet Would Be Easier if We Didn’t Waste Half of What We Produce; New Electric Sail Technolo

This week’s headlines look at the latest controversy around synthetic life, and a whole bunch of energy stories including: a new oil sands technology that promises to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a new energy technology that uses water, electricity and biomass t

Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron Canada and Marathon Oil, with massive subsidies from the Canadian federal and Alberta provincial governments announced on September 5, 2012 that they are proceeding with Quest, the first carbon capture and storage facility associated with Western Canadian oi

With the Rio conference seeking a common set of policies and actions for global sustainability, climate change and global warming are among the important agenda items. Since greenhouse gas (GHG) is the primary source of atmospheric warming seeking ways to remediate it will be discusse

In 2011 Canada exported on average over 2.3 million barrels of oil every day to the United States. 1.6 million of those barrels came from bitumen deposits in Northern Alberta. Some came from similar deposits in Northern Saskatchewan. Bitumen has other names: oil sands, and less flatte

Easily accessible oil and gas finds, usually referred to in the industry as conventional hydrocarbon reserves, are a thing of the past. Instead resource developers are increasingly turning to unconventional alternatives such as deep ocean exploration and extraction, the mining of bitu

Humanity has mastered fire and shaped it to become the means of our present civilization. But the burning of carbon-based fuels has enormous implications for the planet as our population grows, and as energy demands climb. We are in the throes of a paradigm shift around energy, how we