oil sands
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Shell’s ‘Carbon Capture’ Plant Emitting As Much Pollution As 1.2 Million Cars Each Year
Massive oil companies will do anything to look like they are cutting emissions, as long as they aren’t actually cutting emissions and they can get taxpayers to pay for the efforts. Enter Royal Dutch Shell’s Quest Carbon Capture facility in Alberta, Canada, which has captured 5 million tonnes of carbon since it started operation in…
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In A Stunning Reversal, Company Realises Its Giant Oil Sands Project Is A Poor Investment
In the middle of Canada’s majestic boreal forests, Vancouver-based Teck Resources Limited had proposed building one of the world’s largest oil sands mines. The Frontier Project would’ve stretched across more than 72,000 acres in Alberta, mining an area roughly the size of Arches National Park in Utah.