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Tarred and feathered: Canada’s very public dispute over future of tar sands intensifies
10 Apr 2024 10:24 GMT
… the national GDP. While the tar sands account for approximately 10% of … significant use of water in tar sands operations, which not only consumes …
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Trump trashes tar sands in Super Tuesday tirade
07 Mar 2024 20:01 GMT
Where’s Jason Kenney’s Alberta Energy War Room when you need it?
I’m talking about Donald J. Trump’s Super Tuesday victory speech, wherein he “conjures a dark vision” (The New York Times) and offers “grim visions of an American apocalypse” (The Guardian). …
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Burning Up
18 Apr 2024 14:40 GMT
… plan. Extracting crude oil from tar sands is a slow, dirty, and … mostly in those same boreal tar sands that Natland wanted to detonate … of which comes from the tar sands. In May 2016 a wildfire …
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Alberta Tar Sands Pollution 64 Times Worse Than Reported
27 Jan 2024 19:46 GMT
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Measuring Emissions From Alberta Tar Sands
Now a group of … emissions from the Alberta tar sands. Their research showed that … previously monitored above the tar sands. These carbon-based gases … on it.” Liggio says.
Tar Sands And Indigenous People
For …
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Canada Tar Sands Are Larger Source of Air Pollution Than Previously Thought
27 Jan 2024 07:43 GMT
… continent."
"Canada’s tar sands have gained infamy for being … from aircraft flying above the tar sands, also called oil sands, and … lungs.
The study found that tar sands operations were releasing as much …
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Air Pollution From Canadian Tar Sands Up to 6,300% Worse Than Industry Reports
26 Jan 2024 17:22 GMT
… of pollutants over the Athabasca tar sands in Alberta, Canada show … from 30 flights around 17 tar sands operations in 2018, … carbon dioxide.
Thanks to the tar sands deposits across northern Alberta, … energy project - the Canadian tar sands are up to 6, …
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Canada's Tar Sands Pollution Could Be 60 Times Worse Than Industry Reports
26 Jan 2024 00:40 GMT
… such source is the Alberta tar sands, from which a particularly … as bitumen is extracted.
The tar sands, also called oil sands, … measurements over the vast tar sands region to measure the … and other equipment used in tar sands extraction, for example — and …
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Canada’s Tar Sands Are a Much Larger Source of Air Pollution Than Previously Thought, Study Says
25 Jan 2024 21:52 GMT
… from aircraft flying above the tar sands, also called oil sands, …
The study found that tar sands operations were releasing as much … suggest air pollution from tar sands operations is more damaging … has fought to clean up tar sands operations for years, said …
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Canadian tar sands pollution is up to 6,300% higher than reported, study finds
25 Jan 2024 20:24 GMT
Toxic emissions from the Canadian tar sands – already one of the dirtiest … mess they’ve made.”
Canadian tar sands, also called oil sands, are … type of oil in the tar sands is called “bitumen”. It … gases emitted per barrel of tar sands oil can be 30% higher …
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Alberta tar sands pollution up to 6,300% higher than industry reported, finds study
25 Jan 2024 22:36 GMT
The study, led by Canadian federal scientists, adds to other research that found Alberta's oil sands were underreporting climate changing carbon emissions.
Aircraft flying over Alberta’s oil sands have found emissions of organic carbon — a primary …