What are some environmental impacts of oil sands?

The environmental impact of the oil sands is an issue that has been extremely divisive. As with the extraction and use of any fossil fuel, negative environmental effects arise as a result of the extraction, upgrading, and processing of bitumen from the oil sands. read more

Environmental impacts of oil sands The environmental impact of the oil sands is an issue that has been extremely divisive. As with the extraction and use of any fossil fuel, negative environmental effects arise as a result of the extraction, upgrading, and processing of bitumen from the oil sands. read more

The oil sands themselves don’t have an impact unless someone tries to get the oil out. They’re a reservoir. If you want to get the resource out of them, the sands need to be strip-mined; the oil/tar is harder to recover and harder to refine. read more

"Our study shows that emissions of PAH estimated in environmental impact assessments conducted to approve developments in the Athabasca oilsands region are likely too low," reads the study published Monday in the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. read more