Reforestation and Carbon Sequestration Initiatives

Feb 5, 2014 ... It was a stop on her “Canada's Tar Sands Exposed: Exploring the Human and Environmental Costs” campaign tour with fellow activist and renowned ... Aug 8, 2014 ... It's an open question where the refined tar sands oil piped through Keystone XL would go after being refined on the Texas Gulf Coast. Overall, ... 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 ... 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 ... 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/ ... Background. ▫ Tar sands (referred to as oil sands in Canada) are a combination of clay, sand, water, and bitumen, a heavy, black, asphalt-like hydrocarbon. Dec 11, 2020 ... What would have been a 2,100-acre tar sands lease in the Uinta Basin near Vernal, Utah is now paused indefinitely. The move came following ... This report will detail why Canadian tar sands are undermining migratory bird protections and why the Interior Department should urge the President to pressure ... Apr 30, 2021 ... Geologist David Hughes calculated that the tar sands retrieved by surface mining has an EROI of about 5:1, and as low as 2.9:1 for tar sands ... 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 ...