In the US opposition to
developing the tar sands has focused on the Keystone XL pipeline, while in Canada the situation is more complicated, because the product has several possible routes out of the country.
via: Salt Lake Tribune Oil Shale, Tar Sands Economic, Environmental Costs of
Developing Tar Sands & Oil Shale «Unthinkable»: WWF - UK BLM Issues New Rules for Oil Shale Development: Last Minute Bush Administration Environmental Trashing?
via: International Herald Tribune Oil Shale, Tar Sands Dept of Interior Hearts Oil Shale: Has «Great Potential» Salazar Says Oil on Water: Shale Oil Industry Mixing It Up With Aid of Federal Bailout Package Economic, Environmental Costs of
Developing Tar Sands & Oil Shale «Unthinkable»: WWF - UK
Tar Sands Economic, Environmental Costs of
Developing Tar Sands & Oil Shale «Unthinkable»: WWF - UK Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth Tar / Oil Sands Industry Readying Public Relations Campaign
More on the Alberta Tar Sands: 350 More Ducks Killed in Canada's Toxic Tar Sands Tailing Ponds Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth National Geographic Slams Tar Sands - Canadian Politicians Pissed Fossil Fools Gold: Tar Sands & Oil Shale Eco-Impact Explained Canadian Tar Sands Look Like Tolkein's Mordor Says UN Water Advisor Wikileaks Reveals Hushed Concern Over Tar Sands Oil in US State Dept Economic, Environmental Costs of
Developing Tar Sands & Oil Shale «Unthinkable»
Meanwhile, oil companies are recklessly
developing the tar sands, with plans to increase production to a dangerous level of five million barrels per day or more by 2030, a 1500 per cent increase since 1999.
Many Canadians and our beloved Government have fallen into the trap of believing that fully
developing the Tar Sands is essential for the Canadian economy.
via: The Star, Calgary Herald and EcoGeek Tar Sands Tar Sands: The Most Destructive Project on Earth Economic, Environmental Costs of
Developing Tar Sands & Oil Shale «Unthinkable»: WWF - UK A Picture is Worth... The Alberta Tar Sands
Tar Sands Environmental Destruction Not Worth It At the risk of sounding flippant, sounds like too little too late: I'll stand by the WWF's assessment that the economic and environmental costs of continuing to
develop tar sands and oil shales — in energy speak «unconventional fuels» — are simply unthinkable.
When NASA's James Hansen famously wrote in The New York Times that if Canada
developed their tar sands to the full extent that they currently plan to, it would be «game over for the climate» he was not wrong.
Not exact matches
The
tar sands are a resource that should be carefully
developed.
It is better made with baked beans that have actually been baked to
develop that thick, caramelized ever - so - slightly molasses - y «
tar» around the edges of the pan, but straight out of the can works too.
Arsenal might be winning games again but let's face it their performances have hardly been inspiring.Far and away their best performance so far was a defensive hard earned 0 - 0 away draw to Chelsea.Its a long long time since Arsenal.played a style of football which was fast moving, free - flowing and with consistently positive end result.The media still seam to
tar them with that same brush but truth be known the likes of both Manchester clubs, Liverpool and Spurs are far more entertaining to watch these days than Arsenal's tippy - tappy sideways brand of play Hopefully they will be able to build momentum in the coming weeks and inspire confidence prior to the Citeh and Spuds games... otherwise this Season will unfortunately
develop into even more farce than Wenger, Gazidas and Kronke managed to orchestrate last year and the Emirates will empty out even more noticeably!!
I daresay this is just another ploy to
tar Patriots and Conservatives as Fascists and racists... Mussolini - Italian Socialist Editor of Avanti Moseley - Labour Party member whose black shirts
developed from the eerily familiar Green shirts I could go on.
In
developing the Formula, the Administrator for the District Assembly Common Fund, Irene Naa Torshie Addo, has explained she was guided by the «Basic Needs» approach to development with Health Service, Education Service, Water Coverage and
Tarred Roads Coverage serving has key indicators.
Specifically, after the analysis involving microscopic techniques and virtual models
developed by the UA researcher, carious lesions caused by carbohydrates, present in plants, were found in the dental remains discovered at the La Brea
Tar Pits site in Los Angeles, California, described by Alejandro Romero as «one of the most paradigmatic sites to study fossil mammals from the Pleistocene in North America.»
The facility's goal is to
develop and maintain standardized iPSCs lines specific to a variety of rare inherited diseases — not only DBA and JMML, but also dyskeratosis congenita, congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, thrombocytopenia absent radii (
TAR), Glanzmann's thrombasthenia and Hermansky - Pudlak syndrome.
Hal Hodson seems to suggest that if the US fails to build a connecting oil pipeline to Canada, the
tar sands won't be fully
developed (16 August, p 10).
An evaluation test with total volatile organic compounds (TVOC), such as acetaldehyde, nicotine and
tar, which account for the largest volume of gaseous materials in cigarette smoke, is conducted to evaluate the performance of the newly -
developed catalyst.
This fundamental understanding of breaking bonds is critical not only in
developing efficient
tar - reforming catalysts, but also in other applications.
Methods: The team is
developing alternative, atom - efficient catalysts that have the potential significantly improve
tar reforming performance over the traditionally used nickel - based hydrocarbon - reforming catalysts.
However, the stark reality is that global emissions have accelerated (Fig. 1) and new efforts are underway to massively expand fossil fuel extraction [7]--[9] by drilling to increasing ocean depths and into the Arctic, squeezing oil from
tar sands and
tar shale, hydro - fracking to expand extraction of natural gas,
developing exploitation of methane hydrates, and mining of coal via mountaintop removal and mechanized long - wall mining.
Worse yet, as movie budgets increase, marketing departments try to safeguard their investments by
developing newer and more expedient ways of sorting friend from foe, the «studio shills» (as Armond White of the now - defunct City Sun in Brooklyn
tarred them) from the independent - minded journalists.
Enter John D. Bryan, an Oregon - based retired business executive — and multimillionaire — who has long standing ties to the school privatization movement
developing in the
Tar Heel state and is a backer of conservative causes and political campaigns across the country.
NHTSA intends to consider public input on the
TAR (and on EPA's Proposed Determination, to the extent such input is relevant to our consideration) and conduct our own updated analysis to
develop a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to establish new CAFE standards for MYs 2022 and beyond.
Developing the Athabascan
Tar Sands has already destroyed over 680 sq. km.
Michael Levi (and others) argue that the
tar sands oil will be
developed regardless of what the U.S. decides on Keystone XL — if we don't use, it someone else will — but this overlook the very serious opposition to other pipeline proposals in Canada.
In fact, similar arguments abound — BP's justification for
developing Canadian
tar sands was the same as that of British politicians who argued for slavery — «otherwise, the international competition will take over / those resources are going to be
developed anyway.»
, we could still be the leader in
developing safer clean energy for the future and producing a better future for our children, rather than going after the last drop of oil in pristine environments, off - shore, in the
tar sands.
@drgrist it also ignores a principled alternative: «
tar sands may be
developed either way, but we choose not to be complicit»
The whole «
tar sands will be
developed either way» argument is belied by numerous statements from analysts & the industry itself.
They argue that even without Keystone Alberta
tar sands would be
developed to the same extent.
U.S. and Canadian governments must agree that the unconventional fossil fuels,
tar sands and
tar shale, will not be
developed.
In addition to information on coal, CoalSwarm is
developing information on other extreme energy sources including
tar sands, natural gas and oil derived from fracking, nuclear power, offshore oil drilling, and biofuels.
NRDC and other environmental groups have called on government regulators to identify risks associated with
tar sands pipelines and
develop safety regulations to address those risks before any new dilbit pipelines are built.
Figure 1 helps make clear why the
tar sands and other unconventional fossil fuels ought not to be
developed and burned.
As the editorial argued, «the pipeline is not going to determine whether the Canadian
tar sands are
developed or not.
Tillerson has also overseen an expansion of Exxon's investment in
developing Alberta's
tar sands, some of the most carbon - heavy fuel in the world.
It is difficult to see how
developing, transporting, and refining the
tar sands would be anywhere near the most economical (let alone environmentally acceptable) option for burning a strictly limited quantity of fossil fuel while expediting a phase - out.
And, of course, supporters of the pipeline argued that the
tar sands are going to be
developed anyway and that it makes sense for it to be refined in the U.S. where it would create jobs and be done under stronger environmental controls.
And the next day, the NDP candidate in Winnipeg South - Center Matt Henderson said we should question the idea of
developing any more of the
tar sands — making it the second NDP candidate to come out on the issue this month.
Ezra Levant published Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands, which makes a case for further
developing Alberta's
tar sands and sister projects.
And it would be foolhardy to
develop unconventional fossil fuels such as
tar sands.
the pipeline is not going to determine whether the Canadian
tar sands are
developed or not.
If they allow pipelines to get permits, the
tar sands will be
developed.
Estimates of the carbon content of all fossil fuel reservoirs including unconventional fossil fuels such as
tar sands,
tar shale and various gas reservoirs that can be tapped with
developing technology [114] imply that CO2 conceivably could reach a level as high as 16 times the 1950 atmospheric amount.
Or is it better to limit the expansion of the
tar sands and focus on
developing a clean energy future?
§ 15927 («[I] t is the policy of the United States that... United States oil shale,
tar sands, and other unconventional fuels are strategically important domestic resources that should be
developed to reduce the growing dependence of the United States on politically and economically unstable sources of foreign oil imports -LSB-.]»)
Furthermore, top climate scientists like NASA's James Hansen have warned against further
developing «extreme energy» sources like
tar sands, seeing as how global emissions are still ballooning.
So this story — reported by Cleantechnica — is about perfectly designed to make my little TreeHugging heart sing: Norwegian oil and energy giant Statoil has spent the end of 2016 selling off its assets in Canadian
tar sands, and securing rights to
develop a gigantic offshore wind farm off the coast of New York State.