His words
about fossil fuel extraction being «game over» for the planet were a frequent rallying cry for environmentalists.
Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, said he's also expecting to see «a lot more litigation
about fossil fuel extraction, especially on federal lands and waters,» as the Trump administration seeks to expand domestic energy production.
Not exact matches
While fracking has become a focal point in conversations
about methane emissions, it certainly appears from this and other studies that in the U.S.,
fossil fuel extraction activities across the board likely emit higher than inventory estimates.»
And I will say to the
fossil fuel industries if you're out there, think
about making your mission energy production rather than
fossil fuel extraction and burning.
Regardless of how we feel
about unconventional
fossil fuels (for example, shale gas), we need chemists to inform decisions around their
extraction and use.
«Canadians care
about the environment and
about the potential impact of
fossil fuel extraction and dependence,» said Mr. Gopaul.
To learn more
about how your state has been affected by
fossil fuel extraction, for example, take a look at this state by state map of the impacts of
fossil fuel accidents in the US from 1968 - 2011: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2011/04/fossilfuelmap.html. If you live in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky or Texas, your states have been hit hardest.
The report argues that over the next 20 years investments in new
fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects are forecasted to be
about $ 14 trillion.
Along with other major
fossil fuel companies, it deceived the public
about the risks of its products and kept us on a path of unabated
fossil fuel extraction.
About one - quarter of the total emissions are related to
fossil fuel extraction (CH4 emissions from coal mines, CH4 venting from oil
extraction), transport and distribution (e.g., leakage from pipelines), and consumption (incomplete combustion).
The former secretary of state was first asked a «yes or no» question
about banning the
extraction of
fossil fuels from public grounds.
While annual investment in
fossil fuel extraction, transformation, and transportation and
fossil ‐ fired power plants without CCS is estimated to decline by
about 86 billion USD per year in 2010 2029 (i.e., by 20 %), annual investment in low ‐ emission generation technologies is expected to increase by
about 147 billion USD per year (i.e., by 100 %), over the same period.
For
about 80 % or more of the Earth's human population the overwhelming move is toward more
fossil fuel burning and
extraction.
It's
about technology and manufacturing making the
extraction of
Fossil Fuels economically not viable, and thereby reducing, perhaps to zero, the value of those FF resources «owned» or «leased» by existing powerful actors.
As oil insecurity deepens, the
extraction risks of
fossil fuels rise, and concerns
about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging.
«When you're talking
about fossil fuels, you have to factor in the land used for exploration,
extraction, processing, and then transportation,» he said.
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Extraction
Speaking
about the broader health impacts of climate change, Wonky Health author Dr Tim Senior pointed out that the only way to maintain the
extraction and use of
fossil fuels is to choose someone and somewhere to sacrifice.