Sentences with phrase «support oil sands development»
Two regulations that could turn me to support oil sands development would be that 1) all development is done in - situ and 2) that all extraction energy is derived from renewable energy such as wind power or hydropower.
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In fact, U.S. employment supported by oil sands development could grow to a peak of 600,000 jobs in 2035, according to one scenario in a new report from the Canadian Energy Research Institute.
Indeed, our analysis supports recent comments in the EPA's review of the State Department's final impact statement that, with oil prices in a sustained range of $ 65 - $ 75, «construction of the pipeline is projected to change the economics of oil sands development and result in increased oil sands production, and the accompanying greenhouse gas emissions, over what would otherwise occur» [2].
• Oil sands development associated with the Keystone XL could support 117,000 new U.S. jobs by 2035, according to the Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI).
In fact, one study has estimated that greater oil sands development as a whole could support 600,000 U.S. jobs in 2035.
She reports there are about 960 American companies that support Alberta oil sands activities, with thousands more jobs that could be created if the U.S. would take steps to promote greater oil sands development — such as approving the Keystone XL pipeline.
As has become the norm, their objections were supported by over-estimates of the greenhouse gas implications of oil sands development.