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The tarsands is the final chapter of the First Industrial Age. How do we start writing a new story?

A growing number of visionaries are preparing for Calgary’s post-peak-oil future.

Who really influences government—and how they get away with it.

When an overdeveloped sense of prosperity causes an underdeveloped sense of democracy.

The real Alberta is infinitely more complex, nuanced and absurd than outsiders—or even Albertans—fathom.

Albertans call it a bonanza. World media call it dirty oil.

We're slowly coming around to sustainability. What would it take for Albertans to change how they vote?

Oil sands extraction makes a lot of waste. Where does it all go? Welcome to Alberta’s tailings ponds.

Our water’s running low. Alberta’s government has a plan, but the oil sands just might suck us dry.

The land claims of the Lubicon Cree are still not settled. As oil sands activity heats up, a deal seems even more remote.