Energy Probe

The public debate on oil sands fails to recognize that restoration is possible and not that expensive.

Russia's energy supplies enabled their aggression, Canada's supply could be the placating alternative.

"When it comes to action over Georgia, Russia has the European Union over a barrel. In fact, 1.2 million barrels. That's how much Russian crude is pumped westward every day down the Druzhba pipeline to fuel Europe's economies."

Up! Up! Up! The world is consuming more and more energy and, as if by miracle, the amount left to consume grows ever higher. Never before in human history has energy been accessible in greater abundance and in more regions, never before has mankind had more energy options and faced a brighter energy future.

What is going on in China's electricity sector?

A month ago, power failures during China's coldest, snowiest winter in decades left millions without heat or running water. The government responded by ordering ports to stop loading coal for exports, ordered railways and other transport networks to make hauling coal a priority over coming weeks, ordered ocean shippers to divert shipments when needed for domestic requirements, and warned of "severe" consequences for those failing to comply.

Athabasca fields prove bountiful Oil production expected to soar

FORT McMURRAY, Alta.—The odds are good, and growing better, that your next tank of gas is mixed up in the sticky black sand of a monster truck pounding along the banks of the Athabasca River.