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More and more countries worldwide are opening protected areas to fossil fuel extraction as well as mining, logging, and plantations.

The campaign launched last week with a letter demanding that Brown halt the development of all new dirty fuel projects in California, create a plan to phase out all fossil fuel extraction as quickly as possible and provide support and opportunities for those most impacted by the transition.

Not exact matches

Canada is a Petro State that would be wise to gradually manage a decline in fossil fuel extraction, as other countries should also be doing, and many are, as we transition to a post-carbon economy (in some countries, even the US, this economy is booming.)

The group found that although fuel - cell vehicles would produce zero greenhouse - gas emissions during use, the extraction and refinement of hydrogen fuel would release three to five times as much carbon into the air as is released in procuring and refining gasoline and diesel.

Several said they were uncertain about which fuels were the cleanest (for some, natural gas was perceived by some as dirty due to its extraction from hydro - fracking).

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.

Essentially all nuclear fuel recycling is performed using a process known as PUREX (plutonium uranium extraction), which was initially developed for extracting pure plutonium for nuclear weapons.

The alternative pathway, which the world seems to be on now, is continued extraction of all fossil fuels, including development of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking to extract oil and gas, and exploitation of methane hydrates.

This pathway would need to be taken soon, as the magnitude of such carbon extractions is likely limited and thus not a solution to unfettered fossil fuel use.

Estimates of GHG emissions do not include additional «lifecycle» emissions related to transportation, such as the extraction and refining of fuel and the manufacture of vehicles, which are also a significant source of domestic and international GHG emissions.

It is why natural - gas extraction — the controversial practice known as fracking — has been virtually free of environmental regulation since 2005, and why government - owned car companies get to use taxpayer money to lobby against stricter fuel - economy standards proposed by the government.

«As Europe and other developed regions fail to take the urgent action we need, people will be marching in solidarity with the communities on the frontlines of climate impacts and with the impacted workers, people will continue resisting fossil fuel extraction, and communities will carry on building the renewable, democratic energy systems that are the solution to the climate crisis.»

[7] Indeed, what they are advocating for is construction of vast new fossil fueled power plant capacity as a way to provide cheap CO2 to facilitiate extraction of more oil.

In those states the energy economies may be based on different hydrocarbons, but the political and cultural pressure to sustain the myth of sustainable fossil - fuel extraction is every bit as great.

As the fossil fuel divestment movement grows increasingly mainstream — even BlackRock recently partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Council to launch an «equity global index series that will exclude companies linked to exploration, ownership or extraction of carbon - based fossil fuel reserves» — the smart long - term investment money would seem to be on divestment.

Permanently protect the fragile arctic oceans in the Barents Sea, as well as areas off of the coast of Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja, from fossil fuel extraction.»

Some outlets have incorrectly reported that the World Bank Group will eliminate only their finance for fossil fuel exploration, but it's even bigger than that: the World Bank described it as a commitment to end «upstream oil and gas finance,» which means they're planning to phase out all of their extraction - related finance.

Apparently, as Julia Olson points out, they do not want to count permits for extraction, drilling, exports and imports, transmission lines and pipelines, all to accommodate the fossil fuel energies, as part of the totality of national energy policies that the defendants are responsible for.

Tribal sovereignty and tribal politics have kept the Crow largely out of the eye of the storm on fossil fuels extraction, as jobs are hard to come by, political allies are able to keep jobs and others are not, and the cloak of invisibility which covers tribal sovereignty is likely to be used to keep others out.

But fossil - fuel extraction has many more risks as well including pollution, ecosystem destruction, and the very costly disruption of other local industries like fishing and tourism.

Later, as the Director of Organizing at the Sierra Club, Byron led organizing efforts throughout the country to challenge the extraction, export and burning of fossil fuels, protect and create access to public lands, protect endangered species, and promote clean and renewable energy development.

Scope 3 emissions are other indirect emissions, such as those produced through extraction and production of purchased materials and fuels, or through outsourced, transport - related activities.

Indeed the Keystone XL project is extreme and unjust, as is everyfossil fuel project and every piece of the extraction economy.

We are also facing extreme extraction of fossil fuels, in particular coal mining, hydraulic fracking, and tar sands, as well as tar sands pipelines.

Understanding the clear link between the historic and proposed extraction of fossil fuels in Arctic Alaska and the operational connection to the refinery sector in California is one of the best means of identifying actions for supporting Alaskan Native communities and allies in the Far North, as well as communities shouldering the burden of pollution from refineries in California.

Moreover, in a world where fossil fuel resources are shrinking every year, and where the extraction of «residual» sources such as deepwater oil, tar sands and shale gas come with great environmental and safety risks, bioenergy production can also contribute to national energy security.

As many comparative studies have done before, the analysis includes an assessment of the environmental impacts associated with the fuel cycle (primary production, extraction, transportation, refining, and vehicle operation) for each of the modes includes in the tool.

But when some stepped back and looked at the entire fuel extraction and distribution system, they realized that byproduct methane emissions can make gas as bad as gasoline.

The climate movement is pointing out that unconventional fossil fuel extraction techniques (fracking, tar sands excavation, deep - water drilling, mountaintop removal coal mining) are leaving or will leave toxic wastes and scars on the landscape as the fossil fuel industry gouges and lacerates the earth in search of combustible fossil resources.

Under the bill, there would be no new leases for extraction of fossil fuels — such as coal, oil, and gas — on all federal lands.

3) «Climate Destruction Sponsors» — There are some extremely wealthy people, most of which have or have had substantial investments in fossil fuel extraction and sales who have funded climate science denial efforts by institutions such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heartland Institute as a means of delaying action on climate change.

The Paris Agreement introduced the concept of «carbon neutrality» which allows business as usual, shifts the responsibility, and doesn't stop fossil fuel extraction like we need (while at the same time opening the door for dangerous geoengineering which is not safe or proven).

The terrific availability of fossil fuels is driven by new drilling and extraction techniques, such as fracking, and high success rates for wells.

Methane emissions derive mostly from landfills, agriculture (particularly rice farming), livestock, and natural gas and coal extraction, while soot, otherwise called «black carbon», results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and derives primarily from primitive cook stoves used throughout much of the developing world, as well as diesel engines and coal - burning power plants.

The alternative pathway, which the world seems to be on now, is continued extraction of all fossil fuels, including development of unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking to extract oil and gas, and exploitation of methane hydrates.

Net - zero emissions will require carbon capture and storage (CCS) for all fossil fuels and other technologies (e.g., biomass with CCS or direct air capture) for residual emissions from fossil fuel extraction and from other anthropogenic sources such as agriculture.

Tackling climate change will not be successful by selecting certain technologies whilst carrying on a business - as - usual approach to fossil fuel extraction and high - carbon lifestyles.

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[3] The Greenhouse House Gas Protocol categorizes direct and indirect emissions into three broad scopes: Scope 1: All direct GHG emissions; Scope 2: Indirect GHG emissions from consumption of purchased electricity, heat or steam; and Scope 3: Other indirect emissions, such as the extraction and production of purchased materials and fuels, transport - related activities in vehicles not owned or controlled by the reporting entity, electricity - related activities (e.g. T&D losses) not covered in Scope 2, outsourced activities, waste disposal, etc..

The waste products of the world might come from consumption, heating, agriculture, mining, manufacturing, fossil fuel extraction, transportation, or some other human activity and without some form of control, they will degrade the environment as they accumulate or disperse.

Olson will argue that the federal government, by failing to adequately regulate greenhouse gas pollution and by continuing to lease new federal lands and waters for fossil fuel extraction, as recently as this year, is violating the kids» constitutional right to life, liberty and property.

As such, Earth Island Institute is joining more than 700 organizations calling on Governor Brown to prohibit further permitting of fossil fuel extraction and related activities, and to phase - out existing production in line with the Paris Climate Accord.

Meanwhile, numerous industry efforts are underway to further exploit stressed public lands and perpetuate fossil - fuel dependence through the extraction of coal, oil and gas, oil shale and tar sands, and liquefied natural gas development — as well as uranium mining and milling and the construction of energy corridors and long - distance electric transmission lines.

Even as the Administration plans to massively expand dirty energy production, it's budget hamstrings our ability to respond to the spills, disasters, and health and environmental impacts that accompany fossil fuel extraction.

At COP23, the International Energy Agency predicts U.S. oil production is expected to grow an an unparalleled rate in the coming years — even as the majority of scientists worldwide are saying countries need to cut down on fossil fuel extraction, not accelerate it.

The fossil fuel extraction industries, faced with the knowledge that the very product they sell is the main culprit behind the destabilization of our global climate system, have a moral obligation to find ways to drastically reduce carbon emissions to Earth's atmosphere so as not to leave behind a climate system inhospitable to human life.

Upcycling, absent a cap on primary material extraction, does not close industrial loops so much as it fuels environmental exploitation

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.

Virginia Tech researchers measure the water efficiency of fuel extraction and power generation, as fresh - water supply becomes a larger concern.

Indeed the Keystone XL project is extreme and unjust, as is every fossil fuel project and every piece of the extraction economy.