Policy Innovation and Regulatory Reform The Importance of Cumulative Effects Management in the Oil Sands Region

Tar sands consist of heavy crude oil mixed with sand, clay and bitumen. Extraction entails burning natural gas to generate enough heat and steam to melt the oil ... The resulting campaign successfully educated citizens about the harmful impact of tar sands expansion to our climate, native forests, and First Nations' ... Jul 12, 2013 ... Your children to stir up bitumen and then stick their noses over a vent so that they can inhale tar sands fumes. Apr 20, 2015 ... Fiskio says the situation in Africatown is an example of environmental racism, and it's not a recent problem. The town has been burdened by a ... 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 ... This report will detail why Canadian tar sands are undermining migratory bird protections and why the Interior Department should urge the President to pressure ... 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 ... Jul 15, 2014 ... Canada's boreal forest is one of Earth's major ecological treasures. Yet the region's forests are under threat from logging, hydrodams and mining. Social impacts: In the North, we are losing the potential for a traditional land-based economy that needs a healthy forest and clean rivers full of healthy fish ... 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 ...