Transition to Cleaner Energy and Tar Sands Investment Risks Associated with Tar Sands Projects

Apr 3, 2012 ... To refer to them as the Athabasca “tar sands” has become a signal of opposition to their uninhibited exploitation. Calling them the “oil sands,” ... 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 ... 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. Feb 14, 2020 ... The legislation would close a special tax loophole for oil companies that import or produce tar sands oil. Unlike other forms of oil sent ... Nov 22, 2021 ... The Deep Toll of Tar Sands On Canada's Indigenous People · Oil companies have replaced First Nation's traditional lands with vast mines, ... Aug 29, 2014 ... However, Canada's boreal forests are disappearing, with logging outfits felling huge swaths, global warming heating up the habitats of species ... Oct 13, 2010 ... Here's my second post from the tar sands. The first post, on the town of Fort McMurray, is here. Athabasca River The Athabasca River flows north ... 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 ... 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 ... In the United States, tar sands resources are primarily concentrated in eastern Utah, mostly on public lands. The in-place tar sands oil resources in Utah are ...