Sentences with phrase «by tar»

Our hypothesis of state - dependent affect regulation can be represented nicely by a TAR (2,1,1) model (Tong & Lim, 1980), which is based on two AR (1) processes; at each occasion, one of these processes generates the data.

Person C is described by a TAR model with \ (\ phi = 0.7 \) during episodes of increased negative affect (\ (> \) 15), and \ (\ phi = 0.1 \) during decreased negative affect (\ (< \) 15).

Our communities» water, air and land is being compromised by tar sands operations, which Kinder Morgan's new pipeline will only exacerbate.

In the video above photographer Garth Lenz shares shocking photos to explain the scale of destruction caused by tar sands oil extraction.

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In any case the environmental degradation imposed by tar sands extraction is severe, and certainly I would personally be very opposed to doing more than extract enough oil for vital needs, which in any case seems to be it's realistic capacity.

Carbon Capture and Storage has been thrown around by tar sands developers as the solution to their pollution problem.

We must continue to speak up with our brothers and sisters of the Bear Lake Cree Nation, with all the First Nations, and with all the communities across the U.S. and Canada affected by tar sands.

And it could potentially get uglier with the online release of Downstream, a new film that brings home the harsh realities of communities affected by the tar sands.

For instance, only 0.15 % of the area disturbed by tar sands mining has been certified as reclaimed by the provincial government.

Even with higher allowable concentrations in Alberta, these thresholds were frequently exceeded by tar sands operators in recent years — with an increasing trend.

Although governments and the oil industry claim that all of the land disturbed by tar sands development will be reclaimed, little reclamation has already taken place.

The pipeline itself is meaningless, what matters, from a climate perspective, are all the additional GHG emissions that would be caused, directly and indirectly, by tar sand development.

But these communities and many, many more across North America — including those affected by tar sands refining, pipelines, and rail transportation, and people living at the source of tar sands extraction in Canada — are standing up and calling for an end to the pipelines, the rail terminals, and the tar sands mining that harms our health, our water, our land, and our climate.

Additional escalation of the mining impact occurs as conventional oil mining is supplanted by tar sands development, with mining and land disturbance from the latter producing land use - related greenhouse gas emissions as much as 23 times greater than conventional oil production per unit area [152], but with substantial variability and uncertainty [152]--[153].

It should acknowledge the environmental risk of the pipeline and the larger damage caused by tar sands production and block the Keystone XL.

Within the relevant sub-sections, we describe briefly ecosystem properties, goods and services, we summarise key vulnerabilities as identified by the TAR, and then review what new information is available on impacts, focusing on supporting and regulating services (for provisioning services see Chapters 3, 5 and 6).

To this day, over 40 miles of the river are still contaminated by tar sands after over a billion dollars was spent on clean up.

We report on contamination from the millions of gallons of toxic wastewater generated each day by tar sands mines.

Organized by Tar - Free Oxford, local community members held a banner that read «Keep Tar Sands out of Europe» as Campbell arrived to deliver a seminar at the college.

Natually, the expansion promised by Tar Sands companies (and Stephen Harper) has been cancelled.

There will also be a massive rally outside the White House put on by Tar Sands Action on Nov 6, one year from the election.

Expertise needed: (1) engineers with knowledge about pipeline risk and reliability, (2) scientists with knowledge of climate change that could be caused by tar sands development.»

The main gate is easily accessible by tar road, and the lodge offers a r...

(A) Agency - prescribed provisions and clauses permitted by TAR and used on a standard basis (i.e., normally used in two or more solicitations or contracts regardless of contract type) shall be prescribed and contained in the TAR.

The victory was sweet revenge for a Blue Devils squad that was dealt an 82 - 78 loss by the Tar Heels back on Feb. 8.

Unions and other outside groups played a huge role during that cycle by tarring - and - feathering Republicans as corrupt and wedded to the increasingly unpopular policies of President George W. Bush.

There, he chooses sides with a beautiful Princess named Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins) and the world's spear - wielding, rhino - riding indigenous race, the Tharks which are led by Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe).

He settles in with the Tharks, warrior creatures that are like the little green men of fables except that they are tall and have four arms (They are green, though), led by Tars Tarkas (voice of Willem Dafoe) and meets Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins) of Helium.

Anywho, the reason that I referenced people like Dickens and King at all was not to shame them by tarring them with the brush of the «lowly ebook» but to try and show that there have been works of note that can emerge from non-traditional publishing methods.

The charming cottages overlook a dam on a private farm situated in the Ladysmith area nestled at the foot of the Klein Swartberg mountain range in the Klein Karoo on Route 62, linked by tarred main roads to all major centres, including Cape Town and Oudtshoorn.

We all know the ramifications of this act for Clinton: he was charged with perjury, impeached by the House of Representatives and tried in the Senate, escaping removal by tarring his presidency and his legacy.

Not exact matches

«What I tell them is, 9 times out of 10, if you've moved assets into some kind of trust at a place like the Cayman Islands and something goes wrong with your business, you will be tarred and feathered by the idea that you've behaved improperly, whether or not you really have.

It was discovered in 1879 by Constantine Fahlberg, who was actually working an analysis of coal tar.

Climate change, driven by use of fossil fuels like tar sands, is causing extreme weather events around the globe.

Nye also made known his feelings about Alberta's oilsands as an inefficient source of energy, using the term «tar,» a label despised by the province's oil industry.

Later came the diminutive Forsa passenger car and the controversial Samurai, tarred by allegations from Consumer Reports that it demonstrated an unacceptable tendency to tip over.

On its website, the SEIA states that solar in the Tar Heel state has been boosted by both strong state policy and regulatory support.

The finding contradicts arguments by some environmentalist groups that bitumen, the tar - like substance extracted from Alberta's oil patch, corrodes or clogs pipelines, increasing the risk of ruptures.

Over the last few days, posts by Bill McKibben in the Guardian and by NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen on his own website at Columbia have again brought forward the statistic that, «the tar sands are estimated to contain at least 400 GtC (equivalent to about 200 ppm CO2).»

He used the term «tar sands,» one the advocates of Canada's bitumen sector have long argued is, by itself, biased against the «oil sands.»

And International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol recently suggested that Canada should meet the challenge by expanding production in the Alberta tar sands and opening up the B.C. coast to oil and gas exploration.

Posted by Jeff Rubin on July 28th, 2010 under SmallerWorldTags: auto industry, carbon emissions, carbon policy, china, tar sands • 8 Comments

It was like Dix was haunted by classic BC NDP campaign gaffes throughout recent history... «restraint is over,» «can we start again,» «axe the tax» — so he decided not to say much of anything in order to avoid stepping into the, um, tar sands.

Now they want to relive the glory days by increasing the amount of oil flowing from the tar sands at any cost.

The National Energy Board was tarred by conflicts of interest and the Alberta Energy Regulator was chaired by a former oil executive, while millions of oil dollars flowed to universities.

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The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.

They point to an article that you wrote in March, I think, of 2012 in Policy Options, where you basically said, dirty oil, the tar sands it's called, dirty oil and the future of our country, where you argue that the development of the, as you use the word, tar sands, it's become a political term, by the way, as you know, is basically not necessarily good for the country, in fact it takes jobs away in the manufacturing sector of Ontario.

The break - even price of tar sands oil is around $ 100 per barrel if transported by rail, according to Anthony Swift, a staff attorney at NRDC (which publishes