Center report: Dirty Dozen: The 12 Most Commonly Used Air Toxics in Unconventional
Oil Development in the Los Angeles Basin
The organization has also assembled some 1,000 scientists, engineers and medical professionals at the ready to work on pro-bono basis to help non-profits and human rights organizations on issues as varied as studying the potential
for oil development in Kenya by examining unique geological conditions and assessing the potential for detrimental effects on local water quality.
Sustainable Development Institute / SDI ($ 49,700): To combat deforestation from
palm oil development in Liberia by training forest communities to track and report illegal logging using an innovative smartphone application named TIMBY (This Is My Backyard).
A study last year in Current Biology by primate biologist Serge Wich and his colleagues, who analyzed the potential impact of palm
oil development on Africa's great apes, found that around 59 percent of current palm oil concessions overlap with ape distribution and that about 40 percent of suitable palm oil areas eyed for development are found where apes live but are currently unprotected.
Amazon Watch's mission is to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin, supporting indigenous - led initiatives in protecting more than 60 million acres of rainforest
from oil development and mega-dams.
Useful quantitative measures of the increasing ecological impacts are provided by the history
of oil development in Alberta, Canada for production of both conventional oil and tar sands development.
A mixed methods study to examine the impact of the
Bakken oil development on the physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of women in western North Dakota and eastern Montana
Crescent Point Energy focuses much of its production in the Bakken
light oil development in Saskatchewan and 91 % of it on oil.
In 2010, the World Heritage Committee expressed serious concern about the potential for
oil developments within and immediately adjacent to the iconic World Heritage site.
The Canadian media are full of speculation that the Canadian government will push for special treatment and protections from global warming regulation of its fastest - growing source of greenhouse gas emissions — the tar
sands oil development in Alberta, where much of Canada's oil is derived.
At the same time, he said he didn't think the president would use the state as a case study
against oil development, considering the recent decision to allow exploratory offshore drilling near Alaska.
A dispute between Tap Oil and one of its substantial shareholders has escalated after the operator of the company's flagship
Manora oil development served joint operator Northern Gulf Petroleum with a $ 35 million default notice.
One company with large investment in
Colombian oil development is Harken Engineering of Houston, Texas, which George W. Bush helped manage when he was in the oil business.
The second species, Zasphinctus sarowiwai, was named after Ken Saro - Wiwa, a Nigerian writer and environmental activist who, after campaigning against
irresponsible oil development, was executed in 1995.
Santa Barbara Adventure Company supports our local environmental organizations such as the Environmental Defense Center, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and the Community Environment Council in their heroic efforts to monitor, contain, and clean the spill, as well as prevent
future oil developments.
This came up in 2010 with President Obama's push for
more oil development, but bundled with broader commitments to develop new fuel options and transportation technologies.
The group has produced a helpful report on the environmental risks associated
with oil development in the Arctic.
The presidential mandate to review our Sanctuaries protective status and offshore
oil development places this protection under risk.
In November 2016, seven African heads of state made a collective public commitment to sustainable palm
oil development at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh.
We urge NOAA and the Department of Commerce to adhere to CEQA and the requirements under the National Marine Sanctuaries Act and follow overwhelming public support to leave the boundaries of our Sanctuaries alone and prohibit offshore
oil development off the west coast.
Significant areas of Northern Alaska were set aside specifically for
oil development as early as 1923.
Marlon Santi, a K'ichwa leader from the Sarayaku community in Ecuador, renowned for
resisting oil development and speaking out against REDD, said that Indigenous Peoples are not just holding the Governor's office responsible.
The purpose is to make it more difficult / expensive for fracking and
oil development Theoretically methane is 20 times stronger a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide.
The United States should start taking lessons from Canada
regarding oil development and its relationship to a pro-growth regulatory and tax structure.
As suggested in the article, the only way to stop the development of the oil sands (or any
new oil development for that matter) is to address the supply side of the supply - demand curve, because as long as oil is at $ 90 bbl the producers will find a way to get their product to market.
Methane emissions from natural gas and
oil development continue to decline in a number of America's top energy - producing areas, according to a report by the group Energy in Depth (EID).
Crude oil development and production in U.S. oil reservoirs can include up to three distinct phases: primary, secondary, and tertiary (or enhanced)...
Represented an American energy investment company claiming royalties from a major
Australian oil development company before an ad hoc tribunal in Australia.
There is much work to be done to ensure that the Colville River watershed is protected
from oil development and well managed in a rapidly warming Arctic.
Habitat is being disturbed and polluted by
offshore oil development in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, and as CO2 warms our planet, the arctic ice pack is rapidly melting; the whales are in danger from noise, oil spills and deadly collisions with ships, while global warming is steadily melting their icy abode and reducing available food.
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Increasing oil development in the Western Arctic will contribute to climate change, threaten special areas, and put further pressure on subsistence users,» said Earthjustice attorney Rebecca Noblin.
Furthermore in 2010, the World Heritage Committee expressed its serious concerns about the potential for
oil developments within and immediately adjacent to the iconic World Heritage site.
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.
The goal is to provide these communities with the tools to combat deforestation from
palm oil development in Liberia.
Useful quantitative measures of the increasing ecological impacts are provided by the history
of oil development in Alberta, Canada for production of both conventional oil and tar sands development.
President Obama's Climate Action Plan, released in June, mentions that an interagency task force on
Bakken oil development is focused on reducing flaring.
The agency should follow this up by moving swiftly to improve the permitting process for natural gas and
oil development on federal lands, as Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke ordered earlier this month.
In its draft leasing plan that will set the boundaries
for oil development in federal waters from 2017 to 2022, the Obama Administration proposed allowing offshore drilling along the Atlantic Coast between Virginia and Georgia.
The Center is challenging Arctic offshore
oil development in court and fighting global warming in the courthouse, statehouse and everywhere in between.
If approved, New York would be exempt from a five - year program from the federal government that seeks to make up to 90 percent of the country's off - shore areas open to gas and
oil development.
Recent increases in the lake's water use due to population growth and
oil development are not currently an issue in terms of continued availability, Clark said.
«We have allowed the privatization of profits by major corporations in offshore
oil developments, while we've allowed the socialization of the liability,» National Wildlife Federation President & CEO Larry Schweiger said late last night.
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