"toxic tailing waste.
"Right now, Alberta’s mine financial security program holds only $1 billion for that job. Hughes doesn’t think governments should support the expansion of a carbon bomb that has no credible plan or funds for its growing environmental liabilities."
@MarkJCarney @UCPCaucus

" and reduce American control.
"this would make the Canadian economy more competitive through innovation, while reducing the country’s climate risk.

"California, often targeted by Trump for its policies, has been a leader in clean innovation, making its economy the envy of the world.
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"Fossil fuel investments reduce Canada’s diversification because the resources used to further these projects could go elsewhere — toward clean diversification. With almost unlimited clean economy options across many sectors, clean diversification would broaden Canada’s economic and trade portfolios

"Oil is predicted to reach peak demand sometime between 2030 and 2050, depending on who you ask and trust. Their runway is simply too short to justify spending on carbon capture, so they are looking to us to pay.
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"an anticipated $16.5 billion before the inevitable cost overruns. Second, it’s a relatively new technique with a spotty record.

"companies know oil is a sunset industry — with peak oil just around the corner, they can no more justify billions for carbon capture than they can new oilsands plants.

"is little more than a publicly-funded push poll.
"The inevitable result will be a report that blames Ottawa for Alberta’s frustrations and then makes a set of recommendations that either won’t address them or can’t actually be implemented — which, in turn, sows the seeds for even more frustration.