Transparency and Public Input in the Assessment Process The Potential for Tailings Re-Processing to Recover Valuable Resources

Enbridge, the Canadian oil giant responsible for a massive tar sands oil spill into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan not yet two years ago, now wants to pipe ... Aug 29, 2014 ... However, Canada's boreal forests are disappearing, with logging outfits felling huge swaths, global warming heating up the habitats of species ... Jul 17, 2013 ... Walking to heal the land isn't just a reaction to the wounds that have been inflicted on our Earth. It is also about forming new, healthy and ... May 22, 2017 ... Most of the additional oil would be tar-sands crude that would be loaded onto another 348 tankers plying the Salish Sea every year. The San Juan ... 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 ... It takes approximately two tons of tar sands along with another two tones of overburden (containing soil, sand, clay and rock) to yield one barrel of oil. Oct 13, 2016 ... Mike Hudema is a fervent opponent to the development of the Alberta tar sands in Canada, working with advocacy organizations, including ... Tar sands (also called oil sands) are a mixture of sand, clay, water, and bitumen. ... Bitumen is a thick, sticky, black oil that can form naturally in a variety ... Tar sands (also known as oil sands) are a mixture of mostly sand, clay, water, and a thick, molasses-like substance called bitumen. Bitumen is made of. 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 ...