Alberta prides itself on being the only jurisdiction in North America that demands coal - fired power plants,
oilsands upgraders and other large industrial facilities reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Not exact matches
It doesn't take much tweaking for them to handle bitumen from the
oilsands, making it unnecessary for oil producers to build multi-billion-dollar
upgraders in Canada.
Here's a solution: cap the
oilsands at 70 megatonnnes / year and create jobs in Alberta by providing federal assistance to build
upgraders and refineries.
Instead of bailing out an American company, let's put federal support behind building
upgraders and refineries in Alberta — in exchange for which Alberta agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the
oilsands to 35 megatonnes by 2050.