Canada's oilsands industry remains under pressure to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, even as companies have clamped down on public communications.
WATCH ABOVE: The Alberta government is doubling down on using carbon capture as part of reducing emissions. Premier Danielle Smith spoke to an international carbon capture convention in Edmonton, and says the technology continues to improve, despite one provincial project recently being scrapped.
“If we want to be leaders in that sector, we’re going to need to get projects like this across the finish line.”It’s been three years since the Pathways Alliance first proposed building a massive carbon capture and storage network in northern Alberta to help reduce emissions from oilsands sites. While it has submitted a number of regulatory applications, the consortium has not yet given the project an official green light in the form of a final investment decision.
In an emailed statement this week, Pathways Alliance president Kendall Dilling said the group continues to pursue its major project and is working with federal and provincial governments “to determine the most appropriate way to enable large investments into major projects such as ours.”“The new law does not change the intent of Pathways Alliance nor the work we are doing,” Dilling said.
Dreis said the lack of a final investment decision thus far from the Pathways Alliance is concerning given the oilsands industry is Canada’s heaviest-emitting sector and carbon capture and storage projects are already going forward elsewhere.
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