The environmentalist posted a tweet Thursday saying the pipeline carrying «
dirty tar sands oil» would be a step backward in efforts to solve the climate crisis.
Allowing
dirty tar sands to flood into Europe is going to raise emissions - not lower them - and raise the costs of decarbonisation by billions of euros.
From Aug 20th to Sept. 3rd, thousands are pledging to risk arrest in daily acts of civil disobedience to convince President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring
dirty tar sands oil to the U.S.. On September 26th, we will stand up to Prime Minister Harper to pressure him to stem the tar sands industry at its source.
In the kiddie pool was
a dirty tar sands villain and a young woman, dressed as Secretary Clinton, had to choose whether to battle the villain and save the earth.
The cargo ships use
a dirty tar like sludge called bunker fuel that was commonly used prior to WWII.
For example, Froman apparently has already been successful in challenging an EU fuel quality directive that would limit shipments to Europe of
dirty tar sands oil, including that which would flow through pipelines like the proposed Keystone XL system for export from U.S. ports.
On March 29, Exxon's underground Pegasus Pipeline ruptured, spilling as much as 294,000 gallons of
dirty tar sands crude...
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In other words, the EU, China and Latin America get the oil, the foreign - owned oil companies get the profits and North Americans are left cleaning up oil spills and shouldering the pollution burden from extracting and refining
the dirty tar sands.
It looks like Exxon's response to the catastrophic rupture of its Pegasus Pipeline, which leaked as much as 294,000 gallons of
dirty tar sands crude into the streets, gardens, canals, storm sewers, creeks and wetlands of Mayflower, Arkansas, is turning into another Keystone Cops rerun.
On Date, Exxon's underground Pegasus Pipeline ruptured, spilling as much as 294,000 gallons of
dirty tar sands crude in and around Mayflower.
Shipping
dirty tar sands to Bay Area refineries would be a dangerous leap in the wrong direction.»
«This shipment could open the door to more imports of
dirty tar sands.
350.org's Bill McKibben spoke during the rally, along with several Sierra Club representatives - all urging clean energy instead of more
dirty tar sands oil.
Using the courts, political pressure, and grassroots power, we're fighting to keep
dirty tar sands oil in the ground.
We empower local communities to protect themselves from reckless fracking operations, and we partner with leading scientists, financial analysts, and First Nations to stop the expansion of
dirty tar sands oil development.
We have to stop fueling our fossil fuel addiction and say no to
dirty tar sands.
Not exact matches
A lot of
dirty oil is going to come out of the
tar sands, be refined in China and create enough Co2 to push the planet into climate disaster.
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.
Tripling Alberta's
dirty - energy
tar - sands development.
The
tar / stone was done on
Dirty Jobs.
Kinder Morgan can keep their pipeline, but Messrs. Weaver and Horgan have to get a law passed, that bans the importation of the
dirty,
tar sands into beautiful British Columbia.
But do not
tar all Christians with this
dirty brush.
Let's just agree that if he was there he would agree that cleaning
tar from a baby butt is a
dirty job.
For example, the first few
dirty diapers may be dark green to almost black in color and have a sticky,
tar - like consistency.
«We should be focused on transitioning to renewable energy instead of piping the
dirtiest of fossil fuels from
tar sands in Canada across the U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico so that it can be shipped to our competitors in China,» Gillibrand said.
The Keystone XL pipeline would have transported the
dirtiest and most expensive type of petroleum from
tar sands in Alberta, Canada, to US refineries in the Gulf of Mexico.
But rather than searching for ways to stretch the oil we still have — like a modern Hanukkah — it makes more sense to accelerate development of clean alternatives such as electric cars or biofuels from algae — and avoid
dirty ones like turning coal or
tar sands to liquid fuels.
Enter Pantone 448 C, the muddy green hue that surveyed smokers described as «death,» «
dirty,» and «
tar.»
You can start off by avoiding the
dirty dozen: BHA and BHT, Coal
tar dyes, DEA - related ingredient, Dibutyl phthalate, Formaldehyde - releasing preservatives, Parabens, fragrance, PEG compounds, Petrolatum, Siloxanes, Sodium laureth sulfate, and Triclosan.
Respondents associated the colour with «
dirty», «death», and «
tar».
She had a heavily matted coat that was very
dirty with a
tar like substance.
This «drab, dark brown» also called «opaque couché,» has been described as «death,» «
dirty,» and «
tar,» making it ideal for its job as cigarette killer.
James Annan writes, «My quick and
dirty estimate above based on the IPCC
TAR suggests that they would put the probability (of cooling) at more like 10 %, so his offer actually appears to affirm the IPCC position.»
Since
dirtier source of oil (Canadian
tar sands) are now being promoted, the accelerating trend is expected to continue.
A diverse group of activists are gathered there to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would inextricably hook the U.S. up to the
dirtiest fuel source on the planet: Canada's
tar sands.
Moreover, we should avoid now economically (but not ecologically) feasible widespread use of CO2
dirty technologies: coal - to - liquid, gas - to - liquid, oil shales or
tar sands... nice said, worse done...
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Tar Sands
[3] A recent report by the U.S. - based Natural Resources Defense Council shows that if Europe does not act, its imports of
tar sands, one of the
dirtiest fossil fuels, would likely skyrocket from about 4,000 barrels per day in 2012 to over 700,000 bpd in 2020.
People are no longer ignorantly burning
dirty fuels, and are questioning the wisdom of future
dirty sources like
tar sands while looking seriously at alternatives.
Tar sands, one of the
dirtiest fossil fuels in commercial production, would undermine European climate policies on transport fuels.
Prior to that, Gatti directed the Get Off Oil program for Environment America, where he helped lead that organization's efforts to reduce oil consumption and oppose
dirty fuels, including leading efforts to increase vehicle fuel efficiency and stop
tar sands oil extraction, and helping to launch the Charge Ahead California campaign to increase access to clean cars.
«The fossil fuel industry and its shills are willing to exploit any crisis and go to any lengths in their effort to extract more
dirty fuels and dismantle critical climate policies,» said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth U.S. «Rather than promoting
dirty fossil fuels like
tar sands and fracked natural gas, Obama and Barroso should be doing everything they can to keep these fuels in the ground and help avert climate catastrophe.»
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Tar sands oil simply is the
dirtiest oil on the planet.
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If Enbridge's proposal goes ahead, the
Tar Sands will need to supply approximately 30 % more
dirty oil every day than it does now.
Alberta's
tar sands industry took a couple of major hits over the last two weeks, in large part because of the great job clean energy advocates have done raising the profile of the problems and risks associated with the
dirty energy project.
Like the airline bringing in a truck with a more powerful engine to tow that plane, the global economy is upping the ante from conventional sources of fossil fuels to even
dirtier and more dangerous versions — bitumen from the Alberta
tar sands, oil from deepwater drilling, gas from hydraulic fracturing (fracking), coal from detonated mountains, and so on.
Prior to the echochamber that ensued after the publication of Levant's book,
tar sands oil was often characterized as «
dirty» and «controversial» - much to the ire of the government.