Sentences with phrase «how tar sands»

Dirty Oil: How the tar sands are fueling the global climate crisis by Andrew Nikiforuk for Greenpeace, September 2009

I wonder how that tar sands oil pipeline thingy is going...

Fleming said there have been many disasters in the oil industry recently, and this report clearly spells out how the tar sands pipeline project is high risk.

Not exact matches

Energy producers can calculate, almost down to the barrel, how much oil can be extracted from a tar sands plot.

Just how bad are the emissions from burning tar sand oil?

A new plan would change how Canada evaluates proposed development, such as this tar sands mine in the province of Alberta.

We still don't know enough about tar sand oil, or bitumen, which takes longer to break down due to its high viscosity, but doesn't spread, we also don't know much about the behavior of oil from a blowout, such as the Deepwater Horizon BP blowout, and we know little of how crude oil behaves in the Arctic Ocean, where there is ice, or how to remediate it,» said Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection and a member of the panel of experts charged with evaluating the impact of spills in Northern waters.

Cartoonist Mark Fiore created Tar Sands Timmy to help explain how great tar sands oil is and why Americans — um, North Americans, he means — should approve Keystone Tar Sands Timmy to help explain how great tar sands oil is and why Americans — um, North Americans, he means — should approve Keystone tar sands oil is and why Americans — um, North Americans, he means — should approve Keystone XL.

We've already heard some figures on how bad the ongoing Yellowstone River oil spill would likely be if it was of the capacity of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline (roughly 20 times worse).

The Yellowstone River oil spill continues to spread (both physically and metaphorically) with more and more landowners reporting their property has been contaminated with oil from the ruptured ExxonMobil Silvertip pipeline and questions raised about how much oil would have spilled if a similar leaked occurred on the controversial proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

How am I, with relatively more education and money (though no more influence), to tell BP that a.) using Canadian tar sands is a really bad idea and b.) I don't like the fact that refining said tar sands will throw 40 % more CO2 into the Midwestern air in coming years, so stop it already?

The spill and its aftermath has not just shaken an Arkansas town, but has also sparked continued debate over the controversial tar sands oil and how transporting this oil via pipelines puts communities and the climate at risk.

We still are studying the «best» ways to transport tar sands and its inconclusive how long a pipeline will last with the corrosion and pressure caused from transporting bitumenous oil.

I went back to my computer and began to write about my time in northern Alberta, tar sands country, where members of the Beaver Lake Cree Nation told me about how the moose had changed — one woman described killing a moose on a hunting trip only to find that the flesh had already turned green.

... Children and families in the US have a right to know now before any decision to approve the Keystone tar sands pipeline is made how it would affect their health.»

We analyzed how much carbon tar sands oil produces and assessed the climate impact of the Keystone XL pipeline, concluding that building it would unleash a massive expansion of tar sands development and cause a dramatic increase in carbon pollution.

The new Republican majorities in Congress are once again trying to force approval of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline but they aren't changing their incorrect talking points about how many jobs the risky project would create.

Inside the summit, lobbyists and state officials will be discussing how to exploit resources like tar sands,...

Because until we are sure beyond any doubt that companies will actually fix faulty pipelines, until we know that public health officials will actually protect our children, until we know what we're dealing with and how to clean it up, tar sands oil is just too dangerous.

So many people dedicated immense efforts because of how Energy East would have trampled over Indigenous rights, accelerated climate change, threatened clean water sources, and lock us in the frenzy of tar sands expansion for several more decades.

It is difficult to see how developing, transporting, and refining the tar sands would be anywhere near the most economical (let alone environmentally acceptable) option for burning a strictly limited quantity of fossil fuel while expediting a phase - out.

Secretary Kerry should not use the SEIS to duck the significance of the U.S. National Interest Determination for whether, or how much, of what has been termed the tar sands «carbon bomb» stays in the ground or is ultimately added to the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide.

The report also explores how smaller tar sands producers are having trouble accessing capital markets, how the industry is increasing capital spending even as it faces declining cash flows, weak revenue expectations, rising production costs and tight margins.

The report, «Material Risks: How Public Accountability Is Slowing Tar Sands Development,» presents market analysis and industry data to support its estimates on lost sales revenue to the tar sands industry as public opposition creates delays and project cancellatioTar Sands Development,» presents market analysis and industry data to support its estimates on lost sales revenue to the tar sands industry as public opposition creates delays and project cancellatiotar sands industry as public opposition creates delays and project cancellations.

In «Dirty Deals ``, Friends of the Earth Europe and other environmental groups reveal how U.S. negotiators at the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks work to undermine the EU's Fuel Quality Directive and unleash exports of dirty fuels, including tar sands oil, a highly intensive source of greenhouse gas emissions.

«An overwhelming objection is that the exploitation of tar sands would make it implausible to stabilize climate and avoid disastrous global climate impacts... governments are acting as if they are oblivious to the fact that there is a limit on how much fossil fuel carbon we can put into the air.»

A time - lapsed map released today by the World Resources Institute using satellite imagery from Global Forest Watch shows how much forest is being lost in Northern Alberta to make way for major industrial operations, mainly to extract oil from the tar sands, also referred to as the oilsands.

With this letter, it should be clearer than ever to America's corporations that they need to take note, take a look at how PepsiCo has been dragged into the spotlight over its use of tar sands, and take action.

Just Monday, people began asking the question across social media: «How much water is poisoned to produce one barrel of tar sands?

As the President noted, ideas and values are not self - executing — so, two immediate government accountability questions: how will he follow up in his State of the Union address, and will his administration block the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline?

The report highlights how Ontario can save billions on oil and create jobs by investing in urban infill, transit, vehicle efficiency and low carbon fuels, and avoid dependency on tar sands oil.

Tar sands impacts on people, climate and the environment — from Canada to Africa By: Friends of the Earth Published: February 2011 This fact sheet basically explains how much the global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectivTar sands impacts on people, climate and the environment — from Canada to Africa By: Friends of the Earth Published: February 2011 This fact sheet basically explains how much the global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectivtar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectives.

This fact sheet basically explains how much the global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectives.

This fact sheet explains how much the global development of tar sands will magnify the climate crisis and damage the environment and development objectives.

But when it comes to the safety regulations for how these oils are transported via pipeline, they should be regulated differently, considering that tar sands oil is more corrosive and harder to cleanup.

Repeated a number of times is the stat about how much improvement has been made: Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of output from tar sands production have dropped 39 % since 1990 according to official figures — with a laundry list of improvements undertaken to reduce this aspect of their environmental impact.

I had a chance to speak with Hansen in the midst of the action, and he took a moment to explain why tar sands represent «a critical juncture» for our future, why unconventional fossil fuels are so dangerous, and how our politics could feasibly fight climate change.

For more on the ride and how native Americans are opposing tar sands pipelines, visit Honor the Earth.

At the least, experts believe, it will delay the project, and perhaps bring some more attention to how destructive the practice of extracting oil from tar sands is.

I interview the venerable Dr. James Hansen about the dangers of tar sands, unconventional fossil fuels, and how to solve the climate crisis.

Furthermore, top climate scientists like NASA's James Hansen have warned against further developing «extreme energy» sources like tar sands, seeing as how global emissions are still ballooning.

Another study detailing the negative environmental effects of continued tar sands development in Canada, and how independent review finds much greater impact that either the industry or government cares to

Remember when rabid arch-warmist Dana Nuccitelli of Skeptical Science and Guardian fame was discovered to be in the pay of an «oil and gas» company (Tetra Tech)(aka Dana's Dirty Little Secret) and thus probably the worst person to pontificate about eg how bad coal and tar sands could be for the world's climate?

The definition of how not to address climate change is to develop unconventional fossil fuels such as tar sands.

For at least six weeks, thousands of barrels of tar sands oil have been bubbling up into the forest in Cold Lake, Alberta and neither the oil company or government scientists know how to stop the flow.

In that same piece, I wrote about how a similar permission structure was created to delay a decision on the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline:

How about all the untapped fossil fuel deposits above the Arctic Circle, 75 percent of Canada's tar sands, and more than 90 percent of Australian and U.S. coal.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's indisputably naïve response reveals how little anyone knew about tar sands crude.

In a report released last week, Oil Change International and the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis demonstrated how the movement against Keystone XL and other tar sands pipelines has contributed to a decline in the profitability of the tar sands industry.

You know, like, how can we really meet our emissions reduction target (even Harper's old one), while expanding the tar sands?