Natives

New Terms for Canada’s Canol Arctic Shale Development

Industry needs all the help it can get to fulfill visions of a northern energy mother lode that the Canol Shale exploration campaign is reviving, said a geologist.

March 19, 2013

Bush Urged to Maintain Drilling Ban in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

A coalition of Alaska Natives, fishermen and environmental groups sent an “open letter” last Wednesday to President Bush, urging him not to remove the presidential ban on oil and natural gas drilling in the pristine, fisheries-rich Bristol Bay.

December 4, 2006

Bush Urged to Maintain Drilling Ban in Alaska’s Bristol Bay

A coalition of Alaska Natives, fishermen and environmental groups sent an “open letter” Wednesday to President Bush, urging him not to remove the presidential ban on oil and natural gas drilling in the pristine, fisheries-rich Bristol Bay.

December 1, 2006

Aboriginal Groups Head Back to Court Over Mackenzie Pipeline

Canada’s arctic gas project has been served with a frosty reminder that it’s struggle with northern natives still isn’t over. The last aboriginal holdouts against the $7 billion (US$6 billion) Mackenzie Gas Project have taken their case to court for the second time in two years.

March 10, 2006

BC Natives Shut Down Anadarko, Petro-Canada Projects

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. confirmed this week that it has shut down two exploration and production projects in the Halfway River First Nation territory in northeastern British Columbia after its employees were asked by the Indian tribe to leave. The shutdown by the world’s largest independent added to growing concern throughout Canada’s oil and gas industry, which could lead to projects being canceled during the upcoming winter season.

August 29, 2001