Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2012

Imperial Oil Limited has approved a $2 billion expansion of the company’s Cold Lake in situ oil sands operation in northeastern Alberta. Imperial received original regulatory approvals for Nabiye in 2004. The project will access 280 million barrels of recoverable reserves and is expected to start-up by year-end 2014.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

A new study released by Global Forest Watch Canada finds that significant amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted through the disturbance and/or removal of biocarbon (trees, shrubs, peats), which overlay Alberta’s oil sands. Peter Lee, lead author of the report and Executive Director of Global Forest Watch Canada.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

Argentina and Venezuela will form a joint venture targeting production of 100,000 barrels of extra-heavy oil per day in the Junin field area of the Orinoco Oil Belt. The US Geological Survey (USGS) characterizes extra-heavy oil as having an API gravity of less than 10°. billion project will also include a refinery. Source: EIA.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

Ford has been selling hybrids and, later plug-ins, since 2004. Raptor’s leading off-road mode driving technology has evolved into an all-new Terrain Management System that enables the driver to select modes to optimize driving dynamics to environmental conditions – from snow to mud, sand and more. —Raj Nair.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

July, 2009 : A NASA satellite study found that Arctic sea ice had thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record ( earlier post ). Canada’s 2009 GHG emissions are 48.7% 24 November 2009. [

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MARCH 24, 2017

The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. Kerry noted at that time that the arguments pro and con had been “overstated”. Earlier post.)

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