Image: Athabasca oil sands from orbit
This Landsat-8 image covers a distance of over 350 km from top to bottom, all within Canada's Alberta province.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2014
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News tagged with oil sands
Solar energy-driven process could revolutionize oil sands tailings reclamation
Cleaning up oil sands tailings has just gotten a lot greener thanks to a novel technique developed by University of Alberta civil engineering professors that uses solar energy to accelerate tailings pond reclamation efforts ...
Environment
Sep 23, 2014
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Keystone carbon pollution more than figured, study finds (Update)
The much-debated Keystone XL pipeline could produce four times more global warming pollution than the State Department calculated earlier this year, a new study concludes.
Environment
Aug 10, 2014
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Diverse group calls for moratorium on new oil sands development projects in Canada
(Phys.org) —A group that describes itself as "scientists spanning diverse disciplines" has published a Comment piece in the journal Nature, denouncing current policies surrounding extractions from oil sands in Canada that ...
Net energy analysis should become a standard policy tool, scientists say
Policymakers should conduct "net energy analyses" when evaluating the long-term sustainability of energy technologies, according to new Stanford University research.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 25, 2014
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Canada approves pipeline to Pacific Ocean, with conditions
Canada approved construction Tuesday of a pipeline to the Pacific Ocean, opening up one of the world's largest oil fields as Washington dithers over another link southward from Alberta's oil sands.
Environment
Jun 18, 2014
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US delays decision on Keystone pipeline project
The United States announced Friday a fresh delay on a final decision regarding a controversial Canada to US oil pipeline, saying more time was needed to carry out a review.
Environment
Apr 18, 2014
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US judge blocks Keystone pipeline route in Nebraska
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline met with another hurdle Wednesday when a Nebraska judge ruled that a state law granting approval to a proposed route was unconstitutional, court records showed.
Environment
Feb 19, 2014
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Oil sands pollution two to three times higher than thought (Update)
The amount of harmful pollutants released in the process of recovering oil from tar sands in western Canada is likely far higher than corporate interests say, university researchers said Monday.
Environment
Feb 3, 2014
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Pipeline protest mentality is big in B.C.
A new working paper produced by a Simon Fraser University researcher reveals that most environmental protesters attempting to block oil pipeline projects, such as those proposed by Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan, aren't ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2013
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