Stranded Assets and Economic Transition The Role of Collaboration Between Industry, Government, and Academia in Finding Solutions

The Alberta Clipper pipeline would transport up to 450,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Canada into the United States. Earthjustice is challenging the ... The resulting campaign successfully educated citizens about the harmful impact of tar sands expansion to our climate, native forests, and First Nations' ... 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 ... 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 ... Dec 13, 2012 ... What environmental risks might tar sands oil pose if spilled during transportation? How would this affect NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R)? 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 ... Oct 25, 2018 ... Canadian tar sands oil producers are losing money on every barrel of oil they dig out. Despite signs earlier this year the industry would “turn profitable in ... 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 ... Mar 2, 2015 ... A Canadian National Railways train carrying diluted bitumen (dilbit) from the tar sands in Alberta derailed in northern Ontario, with 29 of the ... Aug 29, 2014 ... However, Canada's boreal forests are disappearing, with logging outfits felling huge swaths, global warming heating up the habitats of species ...