From: brewnoser2@gmail.com   
      
   Hey, Kenney, you don't need 'carbon capture' if you don't put that shit into   
   the atmosphere in the first place.   
      
   Canadians are damned fed up with your antics and those of your oil industry.   
   When they're not getting our tax dollars through 'subsidies' from Trudeau, and   
   you're not brow-beating him for bailouts, we are paying for your floods and   
   wildfires and cleanups    
   of 'orphaned wells'.   
      
   Get a life outside of politics, please. We can't afford you and your province   
   anymore. Take the recent advice you received . . . "Fire yourself!"   
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   theglobeandmail.com - March 7, 2021   
      
      
   Alberta seeks billions in federal funding for carbon capture projects   
      
   Alberta is asking Ottawa to commit to $30-billion in spending or tax   
   incentives over the next decade to spur the building of large-scale industrial   
   carbon capture projects.   
      
   The provincial government says for Canada to meet climate goals, the country   
   will have to help fund a series of carbon capture, utilization and storage, or   
   CCUS, facilities that force CO2 emissions deep into the ground, and keep them   
   out of the    
   atmosphere. This is especially true in emissions-heavy Alberta.   
      
   “There isn’t a pathway to net-zero without carbon capture – globally or   
   in Canada, or anywhere,” Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage said in an   
   interview.   
      
   “And if we’re going to hope to get to net-zero by 2050 we’re going to   
   have to start working on it now,” she said.   
      
   The $30-billion request is outlined in a “discussion document” obtained by   
   The Globe and Mail in advance of the federal budget expected to be unveiled in   
   April. Alberta is hoping that a recent, renewed global focus on this type of   
   carbon capture    
   technology will bolster its case. The few CCUS projects that exist in Canada   
   today have only been built with major outlays from the provincial and federal   
   governments.   
      
   The document says the province’s industrial emissions – including oil and   
   gas production, and power generation – accounts for more than one-quarter of   
   Canada’s total emissions. It also sheds new light on Alberta’s plans in   
   how it will reduce    
   that pollution: It states Alberta industries could deliver a 60-megatonne   
   greenhouse gas emission reduction over the next decade. Half of that would be   
   spurred from current government incentives, regulations and supports, and half   
   of which would come    
   from CCUS.   
      
   The document argues the Albertan industrial sector’s contribution to the   
   national economy warrants the long-term investment from the federal   
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   government, and the country could become a global leader in the technology.   
   CCUS, the report said, would protect high-value, difficult-to-replace   
   industrial jobs while also “greening” them and “preserving valuable   
   exports.”   
      
   Oil, mostly from Alberta, is Canada’s biggest export.   
      
   ~[actually, Alberta produces about 79% of Canada's export oil - which also   
   makes Albertans the highest-income earners in Canada even in the current   
   economy].~   
      
   In recent months, Premier Jason Kenney’s government has gradually evolved   
   its pro-pipeline and oil messaging to include greater concern for   
   environmental, social and governance measures. The change has happened as some   
   global funds have spurned oil    
   sands investments, in part owing to concern about the sector’s high GHG   
   emissions.   
      
   The Biden administration’s strong push on climate change and the   
   President’s decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline also weigh on the   
   outlook for the Canadian energy sector, headquartered in Alberta.   
      
   According to the Alberta document, the financial options to spur carbon   
   capture projects could include direct grants, loans, tax incentives that   
   reward investment and even direct government ownership – in the same vein as   
   the Trans Mountain pipeline.   
      
   [reminder: "government ownership" = taxpayers of Canada ownership]   
      
   Alberta’s United Conservative Party government has often clashed with the   
   federal Liberals over climate and energy policy – Alberta has taken its   
   opposition to Ottawa’s consumer carbon tax policy to the Supreme Court, for   
   example. But the province    
   contends industrial emission reduction is an area where there’s room for   
   common ground, and CCUS has to be a part of a suite of measures for the   
   country to reduce its GHGs.   
      
   An announcement on a federal-provincial working group focused on CCUS   
   technology is also expected this week.   
      
   The document also said Alberta is committed to significant emission reductions   
   “in line” with the country’s climate obligations, including Canada’s   
   Paris Agreement pledge to cut its emissions by 30 per cent from 2005 levels by   
   2030, or the plan    
   to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. “With a higher proportion of   
   industrial, export-linked emissions than other provinces, Alberta will need to   
   leverage and improve clean-tech innovations at large-scale and accelerated   
   pace.”   
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