Alberta Oil Sands - Reducing Greenhouse Emissions

Despite set goals to reduce greenhouse emissions in Alberta, the efforts to reduce the print have only been partially completed. This will lead to slow but steady environment degradation unless drastic steps are taken to implement a new Climate Change Strategy for the region.

"The environmental monitoring plan for the oil sands remains without a solid funding plan or governance model. Crucial guidelines and regulations for a land-use plan in the oil sands region remain blanks.

Standards supposedly required for new oil sands projects such as Imperial Oil's Kearl mine still aren't in place, despite the fact Kearl is now producing."

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/04/alberta-carbon-tax-diana-mcqueen_n_3016091.html