Not exact matches
Later, on the sidelines of Suncor's annual general meeting, Williams said he hopes that «good sense and reason prevail» but added Suncor has a contingency plan in case Alberta follows through
with its plan to restrict oil or refined
fuel exports through the existing Trans Mountain
pipeline to B.C.
UAF has worked extensively
with both institutional and commercial partners in Alaska and in recent years, using drones to monitor sea lion populations in the Aleutian Islands, conduct ice flow and environmental surveying missions for NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, inspect
pipelines for oil and gas giant BP and assist a Russian tanker during a dangerous late - season
fuel delivery to the remote Alaskan outpost of Nome.
The
pipeline project has been the subject of growing friction in recent weeks,
with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau summoning the premiers of Alberta and B.C. to Ottawa for talks and Alberta introducing legislation designed to restrict
fuel shipments to B.C.
«New
pipelines to transition to clean energy» is Canada's own form of climate denial Watching Prime Minister Trudeau celebrate President Trump's executive order reviving the Keystone XL
pipeline got me thinking: how is it that our «progressive» Canadian leader is siding
with the climate - denying U.S. president on major fossil
fuel expansion?
From the U.S. / Turtle Island, I stand in solidarity
with the Native American, First Nations, and other indigenous nations, near, far, and wide against ALL fossil
fuel pipeline projects!!
Coupled
with Disney's already well - known properties, including «Star Wars» and Marvel's hit films, the additions create a new
pipeline of content for Disney's forthcoming streaming service — a key aspect of its strategy to sell direct to consumers instead of through the pay TV ecosystem that has long
fueled the media industry.
Companies like Rocket
Fuel, Turn, and Sprout Social are leveraging DiscoverOrg's incredibly accurate data to connect
with more stakeholders in their target accounts, fill
pipeline with high - quality opportunities and rapidly increase revenue.
One can't help but wonder when terrorists are going to start burning our unprotectable forests, not to mention burning our cities, ie;
fuel pipelines are clearly and continiously marked
with paint stripes and raised signs (all along their buried routes).
With 3 other notable roles in the
pipeline, this is shaping up to be a big year for the 33 - year old, which should only add
fuel to a potential Best Actor campaign here.
Teaching Trust has formed partnerships
with a unique set of organizations (district, charter, university and talent
pipeline providers) that have helped
fuel the development of three signature programs that strategically reinforce each other to build the capacity required for transformational change.
The poles being white reflect heat which is why its critical that we do nt melt the poles more or have black roads) this * is * causing more gloabal warming, white roads would be COOL literally helping to act like the poles... for those of you that understand this PLEASE help promote this idea and you can help now by coating your old tarmac drive
with bonded white chippings, start a business doing it, easy cheap startup, loads of demand, you can make as much money doing this as you like, the demand is immense and will grow as the idea catches on) Going back to our oil scenario: These
pipelines carry oil to
fuel dirty inefficient engines machines that for their 15 year lifespan spew poison gases into our limited atmosphere.
«Naturally, our first stop was to buy junk food and fossil
fuel...» Hang on for the ride:
With characteristic poetry and pluck, Barbara Kingsolver and her family sweep readers along on their journey away from the industrial - food
pipeline to a rural life in which they vow to buy only food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it.
Also, the idea is to keep warming below +1.5 ºC even
with the current energy imbalance (warming in the
pipeline) and reductions in aerosols that accompany emissions reductions (though Hansen says the impact of aerosols from fossil
fuels was overstated and other manmade aerosols seem to dominate).
The
fuel blend meets aviation and military safety, environmental, and performance standards, and unlike most biodiesel, it can be mixed
with petroleum - based
fuel and transported in existing
pipelines.
With his peripatetic campus - focused campaign for divestment in stocks of fossil
fuel companies and the fight to pressure President Obama to block the Keystone XL
pipeline, McKibben has given new meaning to the word overdrive.
Most of the opposition to Keystone XL has nothing to do
with our
pipeline — it's about groups or individuals who want to end the use of fossil
fuels.»
The controversial
pipeline has become emblematic of our inability to reconcile world demand for fossil
fuels with the environmental imperatives imposed upon modern civilization.
It's been a rough year or so for the fossil
fuels industry, what
with exploding fracking wells, massive coal ash dumps, and oil spills from
pipelines.
If President Obama chooses the dirty needle (approves the Keystone XL
pipeline) it is game over (for the earth's climate) because it will confirm that Obama was just greenwashing, like the other well — oiled coal — fired politicians
with no real intention of solving the addiction (of fossil
fuels).
The renewable synthetic diesel and jet
fuels will meet all applicable
fuels standards, be compatible
with existing engines and
pipelines, and burn cleanly,
with emissions of particulates and other regulated pollutants significantly lower than emissions of traditional
fuels.
Pipelines are in place to move transportation
fuels with distribution centers and storage tanks everywhere.
The fourth in the series of Carbon Tracker's Unburnable Carbon reports, focuses on Brazil — a country
with the fascinating combination of a large, emerging economy, a strong renewable energy sector but also significant potential fossil
fuels in the
pipeline in which the state has a sizeable stake.
The logical error associated
with using this statement to defend new fossil
fuel infrastructure like fracking wells and bitumen sands
pipelines (as well as new fossil
fuel vehicles or power plants) is so obvious that it may seem unnecessary to state, but the quip is so popular among those trying to delay adequate action on climate change that it requires a quick rebuttal.
Front page stories at The New York Times and The Washington Post have also highlighted Steyer's past investments in the fossil
fuel industry and the profits accrued by the hedge fund he used to lead, noting the apparent inconsistency
with his political advocacy.16, 17 Bill McKibben who helped inspire Steyer's opposition to the Keystone
pipeline and who consults
with the billionaire activist, offers an opposing perspective: «After years of watching rich people manipulate and wreck our political system for selfish personal interests, it's great to watch a rich person use his money and his talents in the public interest.»
Dirty Fossil
Fuels vs Clean Renewable Energy: We have a clear choice - continuing the economy of dirty fossil fuels exemplified by the Keystone XL pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable ener
Fuels vs Clean Renewable Energy: We have a clear choice - continuing the economy of dirty fossil
fuels exemplified by the Keystone XL pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable ener
fuels exemplified by the Keystone XL
pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change
with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable energies.
Future natural gas
pipelines, constructed
with the future in mind, could carry even larger amounts of
fuels such as hydrogen.
Washington greens were not alone in drawing that conclusion, of course — it is reflected in the national climate movement as well, which has focused in recent years on allying
with local and indigenous groups to fight coal plants and fossil
fuel pipelines.
Environmentalists seem to be obsessed
with stopping the construction of domestic
pipelines in this country, regardless of what they carry, what
fuels they displace, and how global greenhouse gas emissions may be affected.
Airports and carriers have invested countless millions in tanks,
pipelines, and under - tarmac
fuel delivery, so jet biofuels must be compatible
with petroleum - based kerosene, able to mix
with the existing
fuel supply, and be used interchangeably in existing aircraft — which makes them «drop - in
fuels» in the argot of aviation experts.
Prompted by passionate advocates, Seattle recently became the first city in the country to break ties
with a bank in part because of its funding of a fossil
fuel project — the Dakota Access
pipeline.
Even if the dangers are not instantaneous and universal, even if their nature may be difficult to predict, there will always be significant risks associated
with fossil
fuels: What chemicals might end up in our water due to ubiquitous fracking and faulty
pipelines?
Emboldened by our passion, our hope and our frustration
with politics - as - usual, we will partake in an unprecedented action to call on the Prime Minister and self - appointed Minister of Youth, to reject Kinder Morgan and commit to move away from
pipelines and fossil
fuels towards clean, renewable and just energy policy.
A unit can operate for months or years after a refueling, making it immune to problems
with pipelines, barges, and railroads that sometimes afflict fossil
fuel generators, Korsnick noted.
Friends of the Earth Scotland argues that the renewables industry already supports 21,000 jobs in Scotland
with tens of thousands more in the
pipeline, and
with the right planning and investment, a fair and just transition away from fossil
fuels could bring 200,000 direct jobs to the Scottish economy by 2035.
In a post for Medium, Clinton called Canadian oil sands North America's «dirtiest
fuel» — despite the fact that during her leadership the U.S. State Department approved a cross-border permit for another oil sands
pipeline in 2009,
with the department determining that the «addition of crude oil
pipeline capacity between Canada and the United States will advance a number of strategic interests of the United States.»
Needless to say this has been deeply disturbing to an «ordinary Joe» (
with 5 grandchildren) who has made an effort to understand the science and the politics that underlie the climate change «debate», especially since my country has become such an important player in the fossil
fuel business
with its tarsands and
pipeline industries that affect us all, so I've tried to find out more about Judith Curry's recent contributions to the debate, not so much the hair - splitting, angels on the head of a pin, esoteric dissections of graphs and stats that I see here on your website but the ethical stance that you take on the larger issue of «killing» the IPCC and all it represents.
A recently released analysis found that we could achieve the same greenhouse gas reductions as electrifying buildings at a much lower cost by replacing just a fraction of the natural gas we deliver through our
pipelines with this renewable
fuel.
Today at Earth Island Journal (cross-posted at Grist), four activists representing groups from across the US and Canada, argue that the climate movement needs to move beyond its preoccupation
with oil
pipeline projects, such as Keystone XL, and instead challenge the expansion of fossil
fuel projects wherever they appear.
Increasingly larger volumes of liquid
fuel made from tar sands oil may, in the future, be exported from US refineries
with access to an oil
pipeline originating in Alberta Canada.
To those wealthy, developed producers that have mastered a particular expertise in oxymorons (clean coal, oil
pipelines to support climate action, natural gas as a bridge
fuel etc...), ECO's message is simple: In
with the good and out
with the bad.
As
with fights under way over the Keystone XL
pipeline from Canada, and plans to build coal export terminals on U.S. coastlines, the new fossil
fuel abundance is touching off a backlash among those alarmed by the consequences for climate change.