Oil sands emit more than entire countries
Will soon produce more greenhouse gas than all the world’s volcanoes combined
Just days after the premiers of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan agreed in Calgary to join forces on carbon capture and storage technology, appears journalist Andrew Nikiforuk’s Greenpeace-commissioned report, "Dirty: How the Tarsands Are Fuelling Global Climate Change." Its findings are stunning: that the oil sands produce more greenhouse gases than some European countries, and that they will produce more than the world’s volcanoes combined in 11 years should development continue apace.
Related Posts
Life
Debating the pros and cons of Daylight Saving Time
Ahead of the end of this year’s daylight saving on Nov. 7, Shannon Proudfoot breaks down the pros and cons of the increasingly unpopular practice
General
Maclean’s Registration wall FAQ
You can read five Macleans.ca articles every 30 days. To read more, you must create an account or log in to an existing...
General
Maclean’s 2022 Student Survey Contest Rules
CONTEST RULES (the “Official Rules”) Maclean’s Student Survey 2022 Contest (the “Contest”) WHO ARE THE SPONSORS?...
Get the Best of Maclean’s straight to your inbox.
Sign up for news, commentary and analysis. Join 60,000+ Canadian readers.