International Year of Planet Earth
Celebrating the Earth Sciences in 2008
by AO Staff

Conflict
An excerpt from Pumped: Everyone’s Guide to the Oil Patch
by David Finch

The Cult of Peak Oil
by Graham Chandler

Seven deadly sins of the new Alberta Disadvantage
by Sebastian Gault

Bio-mimicry’s advancing promise
by Shoshanah Jacobs

Drug Testing Confessional
Why it’s not making workplaces safer
by Jennifer Quist

Sustainable development
Leadership takes root in outdoor MBA course
by Paul Nelson

COLUMNS

History
Starting to rock: Canmore geoscience museuem on a roll

Exploration & Drilling
Drilling Down

International
Emirates’ announces Toronto connection

Washington Energy Outlook

Finance & Economics
Butterfly Effect

The sub-prime blues

Strategy & Planning
Scenario Planning

The M&A Front
Stelmach searches for certainty

DEPARTMENTS

Politics & Comment
Can we talk?

Lifestyles
Vancouver’s Opus hotel

Research & Technology
Soil from oil

Environment
Investors turning up heat on climate change disclosure