Creating Self-Sustaining Ecosystems

The oil sands resource is sometimes referred to as “tar sands,” but that term is incorrect because bitumen and tar (asphalt) are different substances. The term ... Mar 2, 2015 ... A Canadian National Railways train carrying diluted bitumen (dilbit) from the tar sands in Alberta derailed in northern Ontario, with 29 of the ... Aug 16, 2012 ... Infographic: How Tar Sands Oil Is Produced ... The oil product extracted from Canada's tar sands isn't like conventional crude. Known as bitumen, ... Dec 31, 2015 ... Tar sands extraction emits up to three times more global warming pollution than does producing the same quantity of conventional crude. It also ... Oct 21, 2011 ... Mining is done either by surface extraction, heating (with natural gas, made cheaper by fracking), or by pumping hot water into the deposit and ... Dec 20, 2016 ... The short answer, according to a study published Dec. 20 in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, is: we have no idea. 1) Oil pipeline expansions would encourage and accelerate the terribly destructive process of tar sands mining. Mar 15, 2010 ... Andrew Nikiforuk's Tar Sands is a critical exposé of the world's largest energy project—the Alberta oil sands—that has made Canada one of the ... Jun 7, 2018 ... ... avoid investments in companies whose principal business is the extraction of bituminous sands (“tar sands”) for use in energy production. Mar 15, 2021 ... Fuels derived from tar sand oil produce about 20% more life cycle (from “well to wheel”) greenhouse gases than conventional fuels.