Social Impacts of Tar Sands Health Concerns Related to Tar Sands

Jun 17, 2013 ... There has been a fierce battle about the accurate labelling of the greenhouse gas intensity of tar sands extraction, with the European Climate ... Dec 13, 2013 ... Flint Hills Resources is a subsidiary of Koch Industries, which is privately owned by billionaire right wing activists Charles and David Koch. 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. 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. Mar 19, 2012 ... The article featured the optimistic headline: “New study finds oil sands fuels would cause imperceptible temperature rise.” Jul 21, 2014 ... The rally and march were held to oppose the proposal to send dirty tar sands oil through the 236-mile-long pipeline to a new tanker loading facility in South ... 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 ... 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 ... 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 ... May 5, 2009 ... This briefing reviewed the range of costs, benefits, and impacts associated with these fuels, and their implications for policy decisions.