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 Stories About: Alberta AND carbon sequestration AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND oil sands AND public transportation
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A billion here, a billion there
Alberta sets aside nearly $4 billion for public transport and CCS |
Sean Casten |
10 Jul 2008 |
Gristmill |
| From Greenwire ($ub. req'd) comes this news from Alberta that sounds so promising and then gets it so very wrong. First the good news: Alberta, under continuing pressure to do something about their tar-sand driven boom in CO2 emissions, has committed to using C$4 billion worth ($3.92 billion) of their budget surplus to lowering CO2 emissions. Whatever one thinks of tar sands, that's admirable. But then, in an all-too-common case of confusing the path with the goal ... |
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| Topics: Alberta, carbon sequestration, climate, climate change mitigation, oil sands, public transportation (all these topics) |
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