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Archive for June 2006
Acid rain threatens Western Canada, government warned
June 27, 2006 by admin.
Allan Woods
CanWest News Service
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
OTTAWA - A massive jump in industrial production in Western Canada, including in Alberta’s oilsands, threatens to give rise to a domestic acid rain problem akin to that caused by U.S. polluters in the 1980s, according to federal documents obtained by CanWest News Service.
The documents, prepared for Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, indicate that a sharp increase in sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, which are the main ingredients in acid rain, are expected as ”Canada’s largest and fastest growing GHG (greenhouse gas) emitting sectors” electricity, oil and gas and transportation continue to expand….
Acid rain has largely flown under the political radar since former prime minister Brian Mulroney and his U.S. counterpart George Bush Sr. hammered out the acid rain accord in 1991. The treaty committed the two countries to cutting sulphur dioxide emissions by 40 per cent by 2010, but targeted environmental degradation caused by acid rain in Eastern Canada, from Manitoba to Newfoundland…. (Full Story — off-site)
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Delays reduce Syncrude’s production estimates
June 1, 2006 by admin.
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
Thursday, June 1, 2006
Delays to Syncrude Canada Ltd.’s latest expansion project will reduce oil production estimates by about six per cent for 2006, according to the joint venture’s largest stakeholder, Canadian Oil Sands Trust.
Canadian Oil Sands, which holds a 35 per cent stake in Syncrude, now expects gross annual output to total 90 to 100 million barrels compared to a previous forecast of 95 to 106 million barrels.
Likewise, the trust reduced its 2006 revenue forecast by about five per cent to $2.23 billion.
Start-up of the 100,000 barrel a day Stage 3 expansion was put on hold after Fort McMurray residents complained of noxious odours coming from a new flue gas scrubber designed to reduce sulphur emissions.
Repairs are expected to take up to two months to complete.(Source — off-site)
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