Sentences with phrase «tar sands releases»

Burning a gallon of gas from tar sands releases as much as 37 percent more carbon pollution than burning a gallon of gas from conventional oil.

Not exact matches

The fee for unconventional fossil fuels, such as oil from tar sands and gas from hydrofracking, should include carbon released in mining and refining processes, e.g., methane leakage in hydrofracking [245]--[249].

Not only does Q fail to consider the carbon to be released by burning coal but he also totally ignores the tar sands, oil shales, and heavy oils that are being targeted to supplement remaining oil supplies.

We can not burn all of the fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal and unconventional fossil fuels such as tar shale and tar sands) and release the CO2 into the air without creating a different planet.

By Anthony Swift Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Wednesday, March 06, 2013 Read this blog post on the originating site In its recently released draft environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline that would bring tar sands from Canada to the Gulf Coast for export, the State Department attempts to make...

Tar sands retrieved by surface mining has an EROI of only about 5:1, according to research released Tuesday.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its findings from a two year investigation of the 2010 Enbridge tar sands crude pipeline spill (which DeSmogBlog has covered in depth) that dumped over a million gallons of toxic diluted bitumen (or DilBit) into the Kalamazoo River and its watershed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2015)-- The National Academy of Sciences today released a study on diluted bitumen (or «dilbit»), a raw form of tar sands oil making its way across North America in increasing volumes, that supports alarm bells raised by NRDC and other advocacy groups over the last decade.

Every step of the tar sands process, from mine, to pipeline, to refinery, to the gas tank, to the tailpipe releases toxic chemicals into the air and water, and threatens communities and wildlife with spills and contamination.

The «All Risk, No Reward Coalition» launched a flurry of TV ads that, according to the press release, «will educate the American people on the «All Risk and No Reward» of TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and urge President Obama and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to reject it.»

The fee for unconventional fossil fuels, such as oil from tar sands and gas from hydrofracking, should include carbon released in mining and refining processes, e.g., methane leakage in hydrofracking [245]--[249].

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.

Tar sands oil is the dirtiest on Earth, and the Environmental Protection Agency has said clearly that tar sands production releases 82 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oTar sands oil is the dirtiest on Earth, and the Environmental Protection Agency has said clearly that tar sands production releases 82 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional otar sands production releases 82 percent more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional oil.

Two separate research studies, one by internationally recognized water expert Dr. David Schindler and another by Environment Canada, indicates that tar sands production is releasing various toxins, including napthenic acids and polycyclic hydrocarbons, into the air.

In addition to greenhouse gases, tar sands operations release large volumes of acid rain - causing sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides into the environment.

By CAROL LINNITT DeSmog Canada Tuesday, April 02, 2013 As Think Progress has just reported, a bizarre technicality allowed Exxon Mobil to avoid paying into the federal oil spill fund responsible for cleanup after the company's Pegasus pipeline released 12,000 barrels of tar sands oil and water into the town of Mayflower, Arkansas.

All I counted, in short, was the CO2 that will be directly released by burning the oil plus the emissions required to extract and process the oil from the tar sands deposits.

The process of converting tar sands into fuel releases three to five times the greenhouse gas emissions of conventional oil.

Furthermore, the Canadian tar sands oil, while certainly «dirtier» to extract than traditional oil sources, releases roughly 15 percent more CO2 per barrel than conventional oil.

In a document released in May, Oil Change International, the NRDC and another watchdog group called Earth Track calculated that the tar sands exemption could be worth more than $ 66 million a year by 2017.

The Alberta tar sands is taking another hit as two major retailers — Whole Foods and Bed Bath & Beyond — announced on Wednesday that they are moving to avoid using the petroleum products sourced from the tar sands for transporting product, according to a ForestEthics press release.

And it could potentially get uglier with the online release of Downstream, a new film that brings home the harsh realities of communities affected by the tar sands.

Let's make some big assumptions: 1) Hyperion will ever actually deliver these modules (apparently the release date for these $ 25 million nuclear plant on a flatbed has been pushed back another year, to 2014); 2) Generating all of the electricity at a tar sands mine through nuclear power will actually reduce emissions to a level comparable to conventional petroleum.

A new study has found that the air pollution from Alberta's massive tar sands operations is putting the health of downwind residents at risk by releasing unsafe levels of carcinogenic and toxic chemicals into the air.

James Hansen: If released all at once, the known tar sands resource is equivalent to 150 parts per million.

In a video message released by TarSandsAction.org, Sen. Sanders said, «Building this pipeline will keep America addicted to oil, and while it might be a good idea for Koch Industries, which supplies and refines large volumes of Canadian tar sands oil, it is a bad deal for our country,» said Sen. Sanders.

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.