Carbon Taxes and Emission Reduction Targets

Enbridge, the Canadian oil giant responsible for a massive tar sands oil spill into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan not yet two years ago, now wants to pipe ... No new underwriting of or investments in companies that generate more than 25 percent of their revenues directly from the extraction of oil from tar sands;. • ... Oct 13, 2016 ... Mike Hudema is a fervent opponent to the development of the Alberta tar sands in Canada, working with advocacy organizations, including ... A Line in the Tar Sands offers a critical analysis of the impact of the tar sands and the challenges opponents face in their efforts to organize effective ... The tar sands—or oil sands, as the industry refers to them—are a semi-solid form of oil (also called bitumen) mixed with sand and silt. Their extraction has ... Fracked and Tar Sands Oil ... The type of oil being shipped to the Northwest (and how it is extracted) has created a host of new health, safety, and environmental ... Mar 15, 2021 ... Fuels derived from tar sand oil produce about 20% more life cycle (from “well to wheel”) greenhouse gases than conventional fuels. Oct 1, 2013 ... This paper examines the widespread criticism of the project from Indigenous and environmental groups, as well as responses to these objections by public/ ... ... tar sands in the United States. The study shall also identify and evaluate processes for extracting oil from the identified tar sand sources, including existing ... Seamlessly combining travelogue, sophisticated political analysis, and ecological theory, speaking both to local residents and to leading scholars, the authors ...