Environmental Monitoring Agencies

Seventy-one out of Europe's 95 refineries are now capable of processing heavy and/or pre-processed crude from tar sands, and have been mapped for the first time ... Aug 12, 2024 ... Tar Sands Holdings II, LLC and Integrated Rail and Resources Acquisition Corp. announce execution of a business combination agreement and extension. Nov 21, 2019 ... Tar Sands are a mixture of mostly sand, clay, water, and a thick molasses-like substance called bitumen. 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 ... May 5, 2009 ... This briefing reviewed the range of costs, benefits, and impacts associated with these fuels, and their implications for policy decisions. 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. The bitumen in tar sands cannot be pumped from the ground in its natural state; instead tar sand deposits are mined, usually using strip mining or open pit ... Oil shale and tar sands development destroys species habitat, wastes enormous volumes of water, pollutes air and water, and degrades and defiles vast swaths of ... 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 ... 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 ...