Tag: Oil sands
What could a world without oil spills OR oil sands look like?
Sara Falconer May 26, 2010
More bike- and pedestrian-friendly than ever! Check out our interactive Living Planet City.
Climate Scientist James Hansen calls on Norwegian PM to pull out of tar sands
Keith Stewart May 19, 2010
James Hansen is one of the leading climate scientists in the world, perhaps best known for first raising the alarm on global warming in testimony before US Congressional committees in 1988. He will be travelling to Norway in June to receive that country’s prestigious Sophie Prize for his key role in the development of our understanding of human-induced climate change.
Norwegian firm Statoil under pressure to withdraw from oil sands
Keith Stewart May 17, 2010
Canadian oil sands are making headlines in Norway, as the government (which owns 67% of the oil company Statoil) is under pressure from institutional investors, opposition parties and the public to withdraw from the oil sands and invest in greener alternatives.
Why pick your poison, when a healthy option is available?
Keith Stewart May 10, 2010
As we run out of cheap and easily accessible fossil fuels, we are turning increasingly to sources like the oil sands, shale gas and deep off-shore drilling that have much larger ecological footprints to extract and process.
What else could we do with the $379 billion slated for expanding the tar sands?
Keith Stewart March 15, 2010
One of the most valuable things I learned from my Economics professors was the concept of opportunity costs: when you chose to spend your money on one thing (that boxed set of DVDs, perhaps), then it means you have to forgo something else (like paying down your line of credit). We are all familiar with this need to make choices at the personal level, but the principle is equally valid at the level of society as a whole. The challenge here is that the dollar figures quickly get so eye-glazing large that it’s hard to picture what alternatives are available.