Assessing “dangerous climate change”: Required reduction of carbon emissions to protect young people, future generations and nature

J Hansen, P Kharecha, M Sato, V Masson-Delmotte… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We assess climate impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate
data. We use Earth's measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple …

Energy and human health

KR Smith, H Frumkin, K Balakrishnan… - Annual Review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Energy use is central to human society and provides many health benefits. But each source
of energy entails some health risks. This article reviews the health impacts of each major …

Oil sands mining and reclamation cause massive loss of peatland and stored carbon

RC Rooney, SE Bayley… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
We quantified the wholesale transformation of the boreal landscape by open-pit oil sands
mining in Alberta, Canada to evaluate its effect on carbon storage and sequestration …

Fueling a carbon-zero future: Igniting hydrogen production from petroleum reservoirs via in-situ combustion gasification

MA Ifticene, K Yan, Q Yuan - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrogen (H 2) is increasingly recognized worldwide as a pivotal, clean energy carrier
essential for decarbonizing various sectors, including transportation, power generation, and …

Global fossil energy markets and climate change mitigation–an analysis with REMIND

N Bauer, I Mouratiadou, G Luderer, L Baumstark… - Climatic change, 2016 - Springer
We analyze the dynamics of global fossil resource markets under different assumptions for
the supply of fossil fuel resources, development pathways for energy demand, and climate …

Fischer–Tropsch diesel production in a well-to-wheel perspective: A carbon, energy flow and cost analysis

OPR Van Vliet, APC Faaij, WC Turkenburg - Energy conversion and …, 2009 - Elsevier
We calculated carbon and energy balances and costs of 14 different Fischer–Tropsch (FT)
fuel production plants in 17 complete well-to-wheel (WTW) chains. The FT plants can use …

[PDF][PDF] Environmental and health impacts of Canada's oil sands industry

P Gosselin, SE Hrudey, MA Naeth… - Royal Society of …, 2010 - aeic-iaac.gc.ca
This is the first in the “new series” of expert panel reports to be commissioned by The Royal
Society of Canada/La Société royale du Canada. The Council of the Society, the presidents …

Green criminology: Crime, justice, and the environment

MJ Lynch - 2017 - academic.oup.com
This groundbreaking text provides students with an overview and assessment of green
criminology as well as a call to action. Green Criminology draws attention to the ways in …

Greenhouse gas footprints of different biofuel production systems

R Hoefnagels, E Smeets, A Faaij - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to show the impact of different assumptions and methodological
choices on the life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) performance of biofuels by providing the …

Economic and environmental analysis of a Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) facility for oil recovery from Canadian oil sands

G Giacchetta, M Leporini, B Marchetti - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
As conventional oil production becomes limited, transportation fuels are being produced
from other unconventional fossil resources such as oil sands. Oil sands are a combination of …