The Farce of Canada’s Carbon Capture

Canada’s carbon capture and storage efforts are grossly inadequate. Not only will these projects do little to reduce Canada’s GHG emissions, but the three major companies involved in tar sands exploitation have pulled out of  Alberta’s carbon capture efforts. As reported in the Globe and Mail, the three biggest companies involved in the project aimed at reducing Alberta’s carbon footprint have withdrawn. TransAlta Corp. (TA-T), along with partners Enbridge Inc. (ENB-T) and Capital Power Corp. (CPX-T), canceled their $1.4-billion carbon capture and storage effort, opting to pay the penalties for emissions rather than cutting them. Even if the carbon capture and storage were to go ahead as planned it would not make much of a difference. In 2011 the Pembina Institute evaluated Canada’s environmental policies as input to the Climate Change Performance Index 2012. It gave an overview of Canada’s proposed energy policies and their impact on greenhouse gas reduction. The Institute pointed out that the $800 million proposed for carbon capture and storage would reduce Canada’s emissions by only six percent. Related Posts Simple Explanation of Carbon Technology: A Critical Climate Tech The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Carbon Capture Ruse at COP 28 Report: Canadian Government is Not Helping Business Prepare for Climate Change Report: Canadian Businesses are Unprepared for Climate Change Canadian Government Spending on Dirty Projects Canada’s GHG Rankings Canada’s Ruling Conservatives Muzzle Scientists Conservative Budget Guts the Environment  Conservatives Cut Budgets and Slash Jobs at Environment Canada Canadian Conservatives Slash Environmental Assessment Canadian Conservatives Slash NRC Budget Canada on Track to be a Dirty Energy Superpower Canadian Federal-Provincial Energy Conference on Resource Exploitation Federal-Provincial Energy Conference Sponsored by Big Oil American Protests Against the Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Canadian Conservatives Dirty Priorities Canadian Conservatives Disregard for Canada’s Environment Canada is a World Leader in GHG Emissions WWF’s Canadian Living Planet Report The State of Canada’s Environment Video: The Alberta Tar Sands Dirty Oil Canadian Global Warming Denial from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy Canadians Support Efforts to Combat Climate Change Canadian Government at Odds with the Public on Climate Change Conservatives Ignore Canadians While Jeopardizing the Environment and the Economy Canadian Conservative Government Rejects Kyoto Canada’s Government Opposes Kyoto and Hampers Progress at COP16 World Urges Canada to Do More to Manage Climate Change Why Canadian Environment Minister Resigned The Impact of a Climate Change Deal on Canada A Made in Canada Sustainable World Order