Sentences with phrase «benefits of oil sands»

Both CAPP and Conference Board studies are spun to make the benefits of oil sands developments appear to be more evenly widespread throughout Canada than they are.

On Thursday, June 16, API hosted bloggers for a conference call to discuss the economic benefits of oil sands development and the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The economic benefits of oil sands development, while considerable, are unevenly distributed across the country, making interprovincial tensions understandable.

Not exact matches

Under the new guidelines, the acquisition of oil sands companies by foreign state - owned enterprises will only be found to constitute a new benefit for Canada in «exceptional circumstances.»

«In light of growing trends, and following the decisions made today, the government of Canada has determined that foreign state control of oil sands development has reached the point at which further such foreign state control would not be of net benefit to Canada,» Harper said.

Little wonder that the promise of benefits from oil sands development is cold comfort for Ontarians and Quebeckers as the once - dominant manufacturing sector struggles to reinvent and revitalize itself.

Having recently called out the federal government for failing to provide a justification for its decision to approve Shell's Jackpine mine oil sands expansion project (an approach that serves no interest other than the government's, as even industry would stand to benefit from knowing why one project is justified while another, e.g. Taseko's original Prosperity mine, is not), it was reassuring to see that at least this Joint Review Panel (JRP) shares my understanding of this obligation under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, SC 2012, c 19.

While provinces other than Alberta are projected to benefit, modelling by the Canadian Energy Research Institute projects that 94 per cent of the GDP impact of oil sands development will occur within Alberta.

Refining and production are, for the most part, separate activities — they don't benefit much from integration in the physical sense (oil sands upgrading from mines is a bit of an exception, since the waste heat from the upgrader can feed the extraction plant).

Oil sands development is a matter of provincial government policy: in a government policy paper (the Mineable Oil Sands Strategy) issued a few years ago (and since recalled), the core area of the oil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization of the significant economic benefits such development promisOil sands development is a matter of provincial government policy: in a government policy paper (the Mineable Oil Sands Strategy) issued a few years ago (and since recalled), the core area of the oil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization of the significant economic benefits such development promisOil Sands Strategy) issued a few years ago (and since recalled), the core area of the oil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization of the significant economic benefits such development promisoil sands resources in Alberta was designated a «sacrifice zone», within which it was acknowledged that significant and irreversible environmental impact would be permitted to occur, to enable the realization of the significant economic benefits such development promised.

Again, you could choose to give Young the benefit of the doubt that he was only talking about cars, not trucks, and then you are likely pretty close to the right number for oil sands emissions.

Only after multiple extensions was final approval granted and even then, it came with several caveats, the most notable being, ``... given the inherent risks posed by foreign SOE acquisitions in the Canadian oil sands, the Minister of Industry will find the acquisition of control of a Canadian oil sands business by a foreign SOE to be of net benefit to Canada on an exceptional basis only» (emphasis added).

Regarding Keystone, I myself think it is clear that Obama should say no to Keystone, because it is something in his power to do, which would have some effect on retarding development of the tar sands (despite what the flawed State Department EIS [Environmental Impact Statement] said), and because we really wouldn't get any significant benefit from saying yes; no real oil security, few permanent jobs, and most of the money goes to Canada and to refiners in free - trade zones.

Writer and activist McKibben vividly contrasts the deep benefits of such sustainable endeavors as chemical - free beekeeping with the toxicity of tar - sands oil production and Washington politics.

that aimed to spin away some of the criticism they have been facing in the aftermath of this spill, including claiming that the oil is conventional crude, not tar sands oil and that they are not benefiting from the Oil Liability Trust Fund loophole that exempts tar sands ooil is conventional crude, not tar sands oil and that they are not benefiting from the Oil Liability Trust Fund loophole that exempts tar sands ooil and that they are not benefiting from the Oil Liability Trust Fund loophole that exempts tar sands oOil Liability Trust Fund loophole that exempts tar sands oiloil.

Alberta Energy has awarded Titanium Corporation a C$ 3.5 - million grant to research the value - added opportunities and environmental benefits of stripping out hydrocarbons and heavy minerals from oil sands... Read more →

That means that the environmental benefit of raising fuel efficiency from 20 to 27 MPG would be wiped out if that vehicle is now burning oil from tar sands.

I believe that a globally credible GHG policy is the only way to ensure the continued success of the oil sands industry, but I believe that we must build the policy on our own terms, not using reference points which were chosen for the benefit of other regions.

Benefits of Keystone pipeline could prove a «mirage» for oil - sands investors, former investment bank analysts warn

I think the approach of focusing on oil sands because they are a relatively new and growing industry misses the point of full - cost accounting — we should be looking to maximize the net benefits we derive from our resources, and this should apply to everything we do.