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MCW Energy Group: successful initial testing of extraction of up to 99.9% of hydrocarbon content from oil sands tailings pond samples

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Using similar laboratory test protocols, MCW will now proceed with a second series of laboratory tests as per their signed Undertaking and Acknowledgement to obtain a third party independent validation from an acceptable Qualified Person as defined by NI-51-101 which must be acceptable by the Exchange in order to verify MCW’s Extraction Technology.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Schnellnhuber had previously advised officials from the Obama administration that the United States may need to reduce its emissions from the present 20 tons of carbon dioxide per person to a zero-carbon target by 2020 in order to have a 50-50 chance of stabilizing the climate at two degrees C above pre-industrial levels.

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