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“I didn’t come to Fort McMurray [Alberta] for the money. I thought I could have a positive impact on reducing the environmental footprint of our [oilsands] operations.”
One of the most significant players in the oilsands industry is also among Canada’s largest natural gas producers—and enhancing efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is an investment for both plays.
A new surface water quality monitoring program for the Lower Athabasca River in the heart of Alberta’s largest oilsands region released in March by federal Environment Minister Peter Kent will be incorporated into the work of a revamped provincial monitoring program, says the province’s environment minister.
Generations of lynxes, moose, deer, foxes and bears have come to take Imperial Oil Limited’s in situ oilsands installation at Cold Lake, Alta., for granted.
Christine Daly never expected to be working for Suncor Energy, Inc., or any oilsands company, for that matter. The 31-year-old, who holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and master’s degree in biological sciences from the University of Windsor, was raised in Tecumseh, Ont. Her expectation was to conduct research on the Great Lakes for most of her life, but a summer working for Suncor changed her path, leading her to embrace an opportunity to effect change from inside industry.
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Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation is offering up to a total of $50 million in funding for projects that can reduce emissions from fossil fuel production and processing.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited and its partners today announced a pilot project for a technology it says has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 to more than 30 per cent across its operations, and can be applied at other industries worldwide.
Investing in environmental sustainability through technology funds and developing strong systems of monitoring environmental improvements are both means of attaining improved social licence and social responsibility for oilsands development, an oil conference heard Tuesday.
Access to federal and provincial environmental monitoring data on air, water, land and biodiversity in the oilsands is now available through an online data portal (www.JointOilSandsMonitoring.ca).
The life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Canadian oilsands are similar to those from sources of crude that would likely be used in the absence of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, says IHS.
A successful Keystone XL would result in 181 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year if built, far exceeding the U.S. State Department's findings regarding the proposed project, suggests a coalition of environmental organizations' report released this week.
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