After centuries of environmental effects ranging from toxic emissions to unsightly tailings ponds, acid mine drainage, massive energy consumption and other impacts, mining is slowly cleaning up its act.

Global energy demand will continue to grow over the next twenty years, albeit at a slowing annual rate, fuelled by economic and population growth in non-OECD countries.

Hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development took center stage Friday as U.S. and Canadian experts discussed the practice in a symposium hosted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Japanese global integrated business enterprise to invest C$2.9 billion for a 40 percent interest in long-term development of BC's natural gas fields

After 21 years of wrangling over health threats, uncertain science and industry pressure, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released its health assessment of dioxins defining how toxic they are