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How Crude
Midwest refineries source more crude from tar sands; emissions will rise |
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12 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 12:39 PM on 12 Feb 2008 Emissions from Midwest oil refineries are expected to jump by up to 40 percent in the next 10 years, thanks in large part to an industry-wide trend of sourcing crude oil from Canada's tar sands. The sands produce petroleum of such poor quality that it requires more energy -- and thus more pollution -- to process it into usable fuel. The trend flies in the face of national and regi ... |
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| Topics: Big Oil, Canada, climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, oil (all these topics) |
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Barreling Ahead
Energy demand, greenhouse-gas emissions expected to soar, says report |
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07 Nov 2007 |
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| Posted at 8:36 AM on 07 Nov 2007 The International Energy Agency has released its annual World Energy Outlook, and it's fair to say that the outlook is, um, not good. World energy demand is projected to surge by 55 percent by 2030, with China and India accounting for nearly half of that increase and China overtaking the U.S. as the globe's primary energy glutton. Think $100-a-barrel oil is spendy? That's nothi ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, oil (all these topics) |
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