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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Wed May 20, 2015, 10:18 PM May 2015

Canada can't curb oil sands emissions fast enough: document

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

Ottawa (AFP) - Emissions from Canada's oil sands will likely increase faster than new technologies can be developed to curb them, says a government document cited Wednesday by public broadcaster CBC.

The memorandum to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's cabinet, marked secret, says cutting the upstream oil and gas emissions -- the nation's largest source of CO2 -- represents a "unique" challenge.

"Increasing production is expected to outpace improvements in emissions intensity and most technologies with the potential to reduce emissions have not been commercialized or technically proven," it said.

"Emissions from oil sands are projected to increase by 102 MT (million tonnes) from 2005 to 2030."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/canada-cant-curb-oil-sands-emissions-fast-enough-221914892.html

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Canada can't curb oil sands emissions fast enough: document (Original Post) Little Tich May 2015 OP
Speechless. NCarolinawoman May 2015 #1
Conservative Canadian Government Thespian2 May 2015 #2
taxpayer support for corps again TantaLois May 2015 #3
Hard-right Harper strikes again. n/t SylviaD May 2015 #4

Thespian2

(2,741 posts)
2. Conservative Canadian Government
Wed May 20, 2015, 10:49 PM
May 2015

operating the largest environmental disaster on earth...the Kochs own tar sands leases and refine the bitumen sludge into billions of dollars for themselves...

Harper and his gang should have been thrown out long ago...Justin Trudeau and the liberals are not much better...We don't have a Bernie Sanders to give us hope...

TantaLois

(21 posts)
3. taxpayer support for corps again
Wed May 20, 2015, 11:01 PM
May 2015

So instead of supporting the many opportunities in Canada for non-carbon opportunities we should funnel Canadian tax dollars out of country in order to reduce costs for oil sands profits.

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