Canada’s oil sands industry faces an equal risk from its reputation as an environmental laggard as from high operating costs, industry observers said. The failure to win approval for pipelines like TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL and Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway is tied to concerns about carbon emissions with oil production, Ed Whittingham, executive director of […]
Comment: Alberta climate change minister has her work cut out for herself
Diana McQueen has set the bar high in her role as minister for climate change in Alberta. To start with, McQueen is promising Alberta will meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets. “I have a mandate from the premier to meet those reduction targets,” McQueen said. “We will continue to have a strong economy while meeting the 2020 […]
Shell says Canada oil sands projects may not meet waste targets
The head of Royal Dutch Shell’s Canadian unit says the company may not be able to meet promised targets for reducing toxic wastes from oil sands Shell, which operates two major oil sands surface mines in Alberta, had committed to cutting the amount of waste generated by its Canadian heavy oil extraction projects, but producers […]