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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

Climate Change

Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Examples of emerging oil sands related technologies and trade-offs. The paper is an examination of how various choices about the scale of the life cycle analysis applied to oil sands (i.e., The source material is neither oil nor tar but bitumen, but is most generally described as an example of ultraheavy oil.”.

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Coal

MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

The five different fuel groups were those derived: from conventional petroleum; from unconventional petroleum; synthetically from natural gas, coal, or combinations of coal and biomass via the FT process; renewable oils; and alcohols. From Hileman et al. Click to enlarge. million bpd. billion and $8.3 billion, according to the report.

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MIT Oil-Sands Commercial Available

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass.

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Store Solar Building Oil-Sands

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Gasoline section shows results for fuel derived from both conventional oil and oil sands. The study found that shale gas (SG) well completion and workover emissions are a much more significant factor as compared to a conventional natural gas (NG) pathway. Expansion bars show the components of fuel production.

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Gas Coal Emissions Gasoline

Study concludes transport regulations should focus on energy-intensity-based fuel standards along with regulation of upstream carbon-intensity; decomposing transport GHG emissions into 3 factors

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APRIL 11, 2011

price-based policies and a cap on total emissions) to regulate coherently alternative fuel vehicles such as electric cars, according to a new study by a team from the Technische Universität Berlin published in the journal Energy Policy. From a climate perspective, only the lifecycle emissions of these fuels matter.

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Transportation Emissions Carbon Fuel

Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

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MAY 2, 2010

The authors are Pushker Kharecha and James Hansen from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies & Columbia University Earth Institute (GISS); Charles Kutscher from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and Edward Mazria from 2030 Inc./ Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Climate Change Coal Emissions Nuclear Policy.

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Coal Emissions Oil-Sands Climate Change

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. Market analysis: cross-border pipeline constraints have a limited impact on crude flows and prices. That portion of the pipeline has already been built. million bpd.

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Oil-Sands Nebraska Oil Montana

Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

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MARCH 17, 2009

Processes such as oil extraction from sources such as tar sands and deep-water offshore oil wells, as well as the expansion of first-generation biofuels such as corn-based ethanol are setting the stage for a “ water/energy collision ” of resource management policies. Climate change. Source: DHI Group. Click to enlarge.

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Water Climate Change Energy Climate

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Health and other non-climate damages by life-cycle component for different combinations of fuels and light-duty automobiles in 2005 (top) and 2030 (bottom). Because these effects are not reflected in energy prices, government, businesses and consumers may not realize the full impact of their choices. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”.

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2005 Cost Of Energy Coal

MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

Based on the interim results of a new study, MIT researchers are warning smaller nations to proceed with caution in pursuing the development of their natural gas resources. The researchers expect to finish the larger report in August 2014; the study is sponsored by The Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation. Paltsev et al.

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Cyprus MIT Gas Gas-Electric

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt is a case study. But it is a price that must be paid, and GM should be commended for remaining committed to the Volt. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

MIT/RAND Study Concludes Three Types of Alternative Jet Fuel May Be Available in Commercial Quantities Over the Next Decade

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

Study concludes transport regulations should focus on energy-intensity-based fuel standards along with regulation of upstream carbon-intensity; decomposing transport GHG emissions into 3 factors

Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Report Finds Water Stress Rapidly Becoming Key Strategic Risk to Commerce; Impending Water/Energy Collision

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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