Oil Patch and Pembina say Kyoto Targets are Possible!
Author: mike | Date: February 21, 2007 | Please Comment!A commons comittee studying environmental legislation heard from Dr. Matthew Bramley of the Pembina yesterday and Gordon Lambert, Vice President of Suncor Energy Inc. Both noted that drastic reductions can be achieved if the government works fast with industry and already existing technology. Please view some clippings from a variety of sources here: Kyoto Clippings
On the same day, Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft issued a strong warning that if Alberta doesn’t accomodate the global concern over CO2 emmissions, we could get left behind in the global economy. Already, California has said that they will place a levy on our oil if we fail to reduce emissions and live up to international treaties. Read the article here: Kevin Taft on Alberta’s Emissions.
9:54 am on February 22nd, 2007
Taft can issue all the ‘warnings’ he wants, his Global Warming policy, according to what I read in the Journal, doesn’t mention Kyoto, and even worse – doesn’t mandate the reduction of ANY greenhouse gases.
What the hell is that!!!??!?!
If we can create technology that makes it easier to voluntarily reduce emissions, I’m all for it, but putting all our eggs in that basket is only slightly better than investing in magic beans!
David, I know you care about these things, you have to speak out against your party’s toothless environmental policy!
4:16 pm on February 23rd, 2007
The Suncor/Pembina combo infron of an all party committee was the best news I’ve heard in many months.
A green economy doesn’t exclude oil & gas. As we transition the weight of our society’s energy mix, it is crucial that the oil & gas companies are in discussions with think tanks like the Pembina Institute. Isn’t this a great example of the alberta entrepreneurial spirit. As ‘evil’ as we think ‘they’ are, ‘they’ are ‘us’. We feed them and they feed us from all our consumerism & energy products.
There are periods throughout our history when short-term politics must be put aside, and all parties work together with industry and think-tanks to resolve an issue. For example, the transition from whale oil to oil, coal to diesel to natural gas/nuclear. Periods throughout WWI, the 1970s, and the 1980s required strong direction in energy policy in terms of conservation and fuel sources. Now is one of those times.
This may be off topic here, but this would be a lot easier if Alberta had all party committees.
Thanks.