Cassie Doyle: Oil Sands and Canada's Carbon Targets

"Canada and the US have the very same target on a national level for GHG emissions," says Canadian Consul General and former Canadian Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, Cassie Doyle. While defending the development of Canadian tar sands, Doyle pointed out that Canadian oil sands production since 1990 has "seen a 30% improvement in carbon intensity per barrel." With environmental improvements in oil sands production, should Canadian oil still be refined in the US?

Speakers:
Cassie Doyle, Consul General; former Canadian Deputy Minister Natural Resources
Jason Mark, Editor, Earth Island Institute
Carl Pope, Chairman, Sierra Club
Alex Pourbaix, President of Energy and Oil Pipelines, TransCanada

www.climate-one.org
www.commonwealthclub.org

Recorded: August 30, 2011

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• Climate One
• Commonwealth Club
• oil
• tar sands
• oil sands
• TransCanada
• pipeline
• imports
• exports
• Canada
• United States
• values
• environment
• energy
• risks
• carbon intensity
• greenhouse gas emissions
• coal-fired electricity
• projections
• regulations
• carbon footprint