Effectiveness and Long-Term Performance The Importance of Independent Science and Peer Review in Evaluating Tar Sands Impacts

May 17, 2021 ... The tar sands, sometimes called oil sands, are a massive site of oil extraction in Alberta. They cover an area larger than England and are one of the biggest ... Dec 18, 2013 ... Tar sands also impact water supplies. For every gallon of gasoline produced by tar sands, about 5.9 gallons of freshwater are consumed during ... Dec 9, 2020 ... Today's plan updates an environmental assessment issued for the tar sands leases in 2013. If approved, the Bureau of Land Management would ... Aug 29, 2014 ... However, Canada's boreal forests are disappearing, with logging outfits felling huge swaths, global warming heating up the habitats of species ... Jan 23, 2013 ... Tar Sands oil add to global warming? To constrain climate change, such unconventional oil use needs to be stopped, according to scientists. Seamlessly combining travelogue, sophisticated political analysis, and ecological theory, speaking both to local residents and to leading scholars, the authors ... The Northern Alberta tar sands are the third-largest fossil fuel reserve on earth. Tar sands oil is fused within underground soil deposits, making its ... 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/ ... 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 ... Bituminous or oil shale and tar sands exports by country ... In 2023, Top exporters of Bituminous or oil shale and tar sands are Spain ($23,195.58K , 14,934,800 ...