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Ewart: Environmentalists might burst Alberta's bubble
2013-05-11 19:01:34| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
When Alberta's oil and gas regulator this week forecast oilsands production would double to 3.8 million barrels a day in less than 10 years, the rosy outlook ignored the potential for opponents to burst the province's bubble.
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Albertas IETP awarding $33M in allowances to 5 projects to reduce oil sands CO2 and water use, improve recovery
2013-04-27 17:30:13| Green Car Congress
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Canada: Alberta's 'Dirty Oil': Drillers, Opponents Square Off
2013-04-22 15:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNBC: At a public hearing this week in Nebraska, there's sure to be plenty of talk about the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that will bring oil from Hardisty, Alberta through Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska to Steele City and then on to Gulf Coast refineries. But the real environmental debate begins hundreds of miles north where the oil comes from, in Fort McMurray, Alberta--the unofficial capital of oil sands country. At the end of March, I visited the oil sands operations....
Redford argues Keystone XL controversy obscuring truth about Alberta's environmental record
2013-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Calgary Herald: The polarized debate over the Keystone XL pipeline and global warming overlooks the fact that you can build the pipeline and still reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be good stewards of the land, air and water, Premier Alison Redford told a Washington think tank Tuesday. Redford told the Brookings Institution that the dialogue over approval of the 1,800-kilometre pipeline between Alberta and the U.S. gulf coast "suffers from some glaring deficiencies, which cause essential truths to be overlooked."...
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Albertas carbon tax would more than triple under governments proposal
2013-04-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: The Alberta government is awaiting industry feedback on a controversial proposal to increase the provincial carbon tax to $40 from $15, Energy Minister Ken Hughes said Monday. The idea has reignited debate about Albertas carbon levy, with critics calling the proposed increase a shocking, disruptive and unilateral move while supporters say it could mark a substantial strengthening of environmental protection efforts. People are analyzing it and looking at it in detail, and Im looking...
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