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Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Environmental Impact Analysis and the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Posted on 12 Jul 2011 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

On June 6, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its latest comments and rating on the State Department's Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Keystone XL project, a major new oil pipeline being developed... Read More

Tags: oil pipeline , NEPA , carbon dioxide , Oil spills , environmental impact statement , heavy crude , water aquifer , greenhouse gases , Transcanada , EPA , oil sands

The trend toward use of heavier crudes increases the carbon footprint of petroleum products
Posted on 6 Dec 2010 by Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.

Heavier crudes are, by definition, more viscous. The also contain greater amounts of sulfur, which must be removed because of the adverse impact of sulfur on various catalysts used in the refining process. The sulfur content of fuel is also controlled... Read More

Tags: green house gases , CAA , aerosols , carbon dioxide , refining , refineries , viscous crude , GHG , Climate Change , Climate Change/Environmental , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , carbon footprint , particulates , heavy crude , air pollution , sulfur , tar sands , global warming

Columbia Law School Center for Climate Change Law: Environmental Impact Analysis and the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Posted on 12 Jul 2011 by Columbia Law - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law

On June 6, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its latest comments and rating on the State Department's Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) for the Keystone XL project, a major new oil pipeline being developed... Read More

Tags: oil pipeline , NEPA , carbon dioxide , Oil spills , environmental impact statement , heavy crude , water aquifer , greenhouse gases , Transcanada , EPA , oil sands