Alberta plans to capture CO2 with surplus oil sands revenue
ft.com     09-Jul-2008            

By Bernard Simon in Toronto Alberta is to set aside C$4bn of its burgeoning oil and gas revenues for projects to reduce greenhouse gas -emissions. The initiative, announced yesterday by Ed Stelmach, the Canadian province's Conservative premier, is a response to increasingly vocal criticism of environmental damage caused by huge projects to exploit the bitumen-like oil sands deposits in north-eastern Alberta. You have viewed your allowance of free articles. If you wish to view more, click the... [read full story]                    


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ft.com     03-Sep-2008   10 related          

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ft.com     01-Sep-2008          

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ft.com     22-Aug-2008   1 related          

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