Danielle Smith’s Carbon Capture Contradictions
The tech is a ‘boondoggle.’ Also, she’s a fan. Though lukewarm. It depends on who’s listening.
The tech is a ‘boondoggle.’ Also, she’s a fan. Though lukewarm. It depends on who’s listening.
I’m pretty sure this is 2021 but I’m beginning to wonder if I’m back in 2009. A troubling sense of déjà vu began descending on Tuesday during a news conference where Alberta politicians touted a government-supported technological solution to human-made climate change. Say hello again to carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), now under a new alias: carbon capture utilization and…
July 13th, 2020 - Alberta Politics, Carbon Capture and Sequestration
Premier Jason Kenney doesn’t talk a lot about former-premier Ed Stelmach, probably because Stelmach wasn’t a particularly successful premier. Stelmach tried to raise royalties on energy companies, tried to erase the infrastructure deficit created by Ralph Klein, and tried to take human-induced climate change seriously. However, Kenney did mention Stelmach on July 10 when holding a news conference to announce…