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guardian.co.uk - 23 days ago

Canada sets aside its boreal forest as giant carbon vault | Environment | The Guardian

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Jasper National Park, Canada Canada's boreal forest soaks up 22% of the carbon stored on the earth's land surface ... Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Photograph: Karen Schwartz/AP

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financialpost.com - 16 days ago

Canada steps up oil sands push in United States

— financialpost.com — CALGARY -- Canada has mounted its biggest campaign yet to sell the United States on the energy security benefits of the oil sands as Washington debates new environmental policy, the country's energy minister said on Friday. Canadian Natural Resources ... (more) Canada steps up oil sands push in United States

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businessgreen.com - 25 days ago

Canada: Report slams low-carbon tar sand "myth"

— businessgreen.com — Business Green: The potential rollout of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology should not be used to justify the continued expansion of Canada's controversial tar sands industry, according to a major investor-backed report released yesterday. ... (more) Canada: Report slams low-carbon tar sand "myth"

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co-operative.coop - 26 days ago

Carbon capture and storage cannot significantly reduce tar sands emissions says new report

— co-operative.coop — The study produced by The Co-operative Financial Services and WWF-UK debunks the idea, lauded by oil companies and the Canadian government, that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will significantly counter the high levels of greenhouse gases emitted in ... (more) Carbon capture and storage cannot significantly reduce ...

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Environmental Leader:  Canadian Boreal Forests Emerge As Viable Carbon Sink

Yale Environment 360:  Protected Canadian Boreal Forest Preserves Global Carbon Vault

Conservation Value Notes:  Canada Sets Aside Its Boreal Forest As Giant Carbon Vault

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Canadian Boreal Forests Emerge As Viable Carbon Sink
Environmental Leader — ... . Now, Canadian provincial governments and aboriginal leaders are leading a conservation drive to ban logging, mining and oil drilling on about 250 million acres of Canadian boreal forest, reports the GuardianUK . In Manitoba, a $10 million fund has been set up to protect about 10.8 million acres of forest. Observers note that, even with conservation efforts, the boreal forests may one day become a virtual carbon time bomb. If climate change causes warmer, drier weather, the boreal forest swamps may dry up, exposing tons and tons of peat that would release carbon. ...

Protected Canadian Boreal Forest Preserves Global Carbon Vault
Yale Environment 360 — With the addition of a new forest reserve in Manitoba, Canada has now set aside 250 million acres of its vast boreal forest as parks or preserves, prohibiting logging, mining or oil drilling in these areas. The protected areas, more than twice the size of California, represent roughly one-fifth of Canada’s 1.3 billion acres of boreal forests, which scientists say contain 22 percent of the stored carbon on the Earth’s land surface. Gary Doer, the outgoing premier of Manitoba, announced a $10 million fund that will support efforts by indigenous leaders to ...

Canadian Actions Preserve 20 Percent of Its Vast Boreal Forest
Yale Environment 360 — With the addition of a new forest reserve in Manitoba, Canada has now set aside 250 million acres of its vast boreal forest as parks or preserves, prohibiting logging, mining or oil drilling in these areas. The protected areas, more than twice the size of California, represent roughly one-fifth of Canada’s 1.3 ...

Canada Sets Aside Its Boreal Forest As Giant Carbon Vault
Conservation Value Notes — Good news to the north... In the far north latitudes, buried within a seemingly endless expanse of evergreen forests, the authorities in Canada are building up one of the world's best natural defences against global warming. In a series of initiatives, Canadian provincial governments and aboriginal leaders have set aside vast tracts of coniferous woods, wetlands, and peat. The conservation drive bans logging, mining, and oil drilling on some 250m acres – an area more than twice the size of ...