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HOW THE OIL INDUSTRY AFFECTED THE ENVIRONMENT SINCE 2000

  • oil spills/Long-term Environmental Impact of Oil Spills

    oil spills/Long-term Environmental Impact of Oil Spills
    Kingston, Paul. "Long-term Environmental Impact of Oil Spills." Spill Science & Technology Bulletin 7.1-2 (2002): 53-61. Print.
    This article discusses the effects of oil spills. It disscusses the problems that persist as an oil spill is cleaned up. It also disscuses the lasting effects of oil spills. Another topic discussed is the method of cleaning up oil spills.
  • An emission tax Political Tracking of Atmospheric Pollution/pollution control system withimperfect monitoring

    An emission tax Political Tracking of Atmospheric Pollution/pollution control system withimperfect monitoring
    Chen, Hsiao-Chi, and Shi-Miin Liu. "An Emission Tax Pollution Control System with Imperfect Monitoring." Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (2009): 21-40. Print.
    This article goes through the poltical aspects of looking at emmisions. The artical not only looks at the political aspect of monitoring pullition it goes through through the scienticfic process of how the monitoring system is imperfect. How it is not an appropraite way to to examine polution..
  • Oil Breakdown/ Energy

    Oil Breakdown/ Energy
    McGlade, C.E. Energy 47.1 (2012): 262-70. Print.
    This section of the journal Energy breaks down the different types of oil. Also it expalins the different classifications of oil such as crude oil and uncoventinal oil. It also explains how the differnet oils are ubtained. The most important as pect of this article for me is how he autor explains oil reserves.
  • Environmental Activists/ Grassroots Battle Against The Big Oil Beast

    Environmental Activists/ Grassroots Battle Against The Big Oil Beast
    Stephenson, Wen. "Grassroots Battle against the Big Oil Beast." <i>The Nation</i> (2013): 12-20. Print.
    This artcile is about a group of activist called The Tar Sands Blockade. The group of acticist prottest environmental issues that have connections to the oil industry. This article focuses on the religous and nonviolent protest of the Keystone XL pipeline that will run throught the environment twenty miles from the town Nacogdoches.
  • Oil and Gas Usage/Decomposing oil use per vehicle inmodelling oil demand in the US roadtransportation

    Oil and Gas Usage/Decomposing oil use per vehicle inmodelling oil demand in the US roadtransportation
    Mazraati, Mohammad. "Decomposing Oil Use per Vehicle in Modelling Oil Demand in the US Road Transportation." (2013): 194-219. Print.
    This artical breaks down the use of gasoline in cars around the world. Ranging from how many gallons of gasoline is used daily to the estimated use of alternative fuels. The artical also discusses the laws regulations in different countries about oil.
  • Global Land Change/Apllied Economics

    Global Land Change/Apllied Economics
    Miroslava Rajcaniova, d’Artis Kancs & Pavel Ciaian (2014) Bioenergy and global land-use change, Applied
    Economics, 46:26, 3163-3179
    This Article is about how the oil industry will call for a mass change in land use. As the pirce for crude oil rises this article explains that the need for biofuels will become neccersary. As the demand rises for bio-fuels so must the supply. An increase in deforestation and the cultivation of a certian crop will shape the environment due to the mass demand.