Global Warming

Greenhouse gas emissions from tar sands production are three times those of conventional oil and gas production [currently tar sands production emits 27 megatonnes per annum and is expected to rise to 108-126 megatonnes by 2015]. Thus, the tar sands are now poised to become Canada’s largest single emitter of greenhouse gas, compounding this country’s contribution to global warming. Additionally, tar sands production is expected to multiply as much as four to five times by the year 2015 to meet growing demands in the U.S. As a consequence, conservative estimates show that greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands could well leap from 27 to 126 million tonnes by 2015.

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Global Warming Articles

Liberals snub NDP climate-change bill

Posted: October 21, 2009
October 21, 2009, CBC News--Federal Liberals say they won't support the NDP in its effort to push a...Read More

Obama's EPA cracks down, orders more tests for BP refinery

Posted: October 21, 2009
Michael Hawthorne, October 20, 2009, The Chicago Tribune--The Obama administration is cracking down...Read More

Chemical firms assail oil sector's green plan

Posted: October 21, 2009
Shawn McCarthy, October 20, 2009, Globe and Mail, OTTAWA--Canada's two biggest chemical companies...Read More

BP chief says oil sands, cap and trade will help - but CCS won’t

Posted: October 21, 2009
Carola Hoyos, October 20, 2009, Financial Times--Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive, revealed...Read More

Alberta oilsands get ‘disproportionate’ bad reputation: Doer

Posted: October 20, 2009
Sheldon Alberts, October 18, 2009, Canwest News, WASHINGTON — Canada’s new ambassador to the...Read More

US gives Shell green light for offshore oil drilling in the Arctic

Posted: October 20, 2009
Ed Pilkington, October 20, 2009, UK Guardian, Anchorage, Alaska-Conservation groups based in Alaska...Read More

Less Copenhagen climate deal unlikely: Environment Minister Jim Prentice

Posted: October 20, 2009
Calgary Herald, Oct. 14, 2009, CALGARY, AB — Less than two months from key global climate-change...Read More

Tar Sands Ceo Confirms Fears: Burden Rest Of Canada For More Tar Sands Pollution

Posted: October 20, 2009
For Immediate Release, October 16, 2009, Toronto, ON – Yesterday, Marcel Coutu, CEO of Canadian...Read More

Power Shift Canada: Largest youth summit on climate change in Canadian history

Posted: October 15, 2009
Amber Church, October 14, 2009, OTTAWA—Over 1000 young people from every Canadian province and...Read More

Alberta aims to streamline permit process : Environmental hurdles under scrutiny

Posted: October 2, 2009
Nathan Vanerklippe, October 2, 2009, The Globe and Mail, CALGARY — The Alberta government and...Read More