Supporting Economic Transition Away from Fossil Fuels The Importance of Continuous Improvement and Adaptive Management in Tar Sands Operations

The resulting campaign successfully educated citizens about the harmful impact of tar sands expansion to our climate, native forests, and First Nations' ... Mar 15, 2021 ... Fuels derived from tar sand oil produce about 20% more life cycle (from “well to wheel”) greenhouse gases than conventional fuels. No new underwriting of or investments in companies that generate more than 25 percent of their revenues directly from the extraction of oil from tar sands;. • ... Oil Sands/Tar Sands. Tar sand deposits of eastern Utah. Utah's oil sand resource is the largest in the United States. The deposits are located mainly in two ... 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 ... Nov 21, 2019 ... Tar Sands are a mixture of mostly sand, clay, water, and a thick molasses-like substance called bitumen. Sep 4, 2011 ... As a single mother whose life's work has largely focused on solving the climate crisis, I'm often in a quandary. How much should I share of ... A Line in the Tar Sands weaves a holistic story of the history of the tar sands, the growth of the environmental movement, and Indigenous peoples determined to ... Aug 9, 2017 ... Published as part of a GPUS report on oil pipeline spills. The companies behind four proposed pipelines that would transport oil from Canada's ... 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 ...