Sentences with phrase «from the tar sands gives»

As I wrote in Our Choice two years ago, gasoline made from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the same impact on climate as a Hummer using gasoline made from oil.

«The oil pulled from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the carbon footprint of a Hummer,» Gore said at the time, after blasting the Canadian government for its soft position on the exploitation of the tar sands.

Not exact matches

Jeff could give an encore performance using a similar gallon jug of tar sands from Alberta, Canada.

Even with a whopping $ 2 billion in additional CSS funds from the Alberta government, tar sands operators are giving this supposed panacea a pass.

The Enbridge Northern Gateway Project will extend a pipeline from the Alberta tar sands to the Pacific Coast in B.C., creating 4,000 construction jobs during a time when housing construction has slowed to a near - halt, and giving access to whole new markets.