As part of their special report on the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, The Washington Post takes an in-depth look at the environmental and political issues surrounding the extraction of oil from the Alberta tar sands.

Labels: alberta tar sands, canada, energy, environment, petropolis

PETROPOLIS: AERIAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS is now online!

Throughout the world, people will be taking action against one of the most destructive and largest industrial projects on the earth - the Alberta Tar Sands.

In support of this occasion, Icarus Films has partnered with online cinema MUBI to make our documentary about this issue available.

Labels: alberta tar sands, canada, ecology, energy, environment, green living, greenpeace, oil

A blog article in the Scientific American re-ignites the debate on nuclear power. For some relevant information on the subject, check our title THE NUCLEAR COMEBACK. Until real green and renewable energies are commonplace, this issue is sure to bring up more discussions.

Labels: energy, green living, nuclear power, renewable energy

The article "The New Geopolitics of Energy" in The Nation highlights how the struggle over energy resources, rather than ideology or politics, has come to dominate the martial landscape and is now the world leaders' main concern.

The film ENERGY WAR reveals precisely how the economic importance of fossil fuels affects international politics and becomes a powerful tool of foreign policy.

Labels: energy, environment, politics, war