oil production Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:27:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Canadian Govt Sued by BCFN Over Oil Companies Pollution https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bcfn-canada-pollution/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bcfn-canada-pollution/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:27:36 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=54231 The Beaver Lake Cree First Nation (BCFN) people is suing the Canadian federal and Alberta state government for allowing oil companies to pollute traditional lands. Under the First Nation’s land situated in Alberta lies the largest known reservoir of crude bitumen oil in the world, estimated to be larger than England. Commercial oil production in […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bcfn-canada-pollution/feed/ 0 54231 Could the US Overtake of Saudi Arabia in Oil Production Be Green? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/could-the-us-overtake-of-saudi-arabia-in-oil-production-be-green-20121030/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/could-the-us-overtake-of-saudi-arabia-in-oil-production-be-green-20121030/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:50:22 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=27417 As the demand for imported oil continues to drop, new technology and methods are enabling oil drillers in the US to extract more oil from its own territories. In 2006, the US imported 60% of its oil needs, but by 2011, that had dropped to just 41%. The disparity between supply and demand has been […]

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