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Don't Mess With Alberta, Says Stelmach

by ppeggy | August 4, 2007 at 09:02 am

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EDMONTON -- Premier Ed Stelmach warned his fellow Canadian premiers
that Alberta will not toughen its climate-change approach, no matter
what new national strategies other provincial leaders may propose at
next week's premiers' summit in New Brunswick.

He reiterated past statements that any movements towards a system of
hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions or a cross-Canada trading market
for pollution credits would likely send dollars or jobs out of the
country's most petroleum-rich province.

"The message is very clear: don't mess with Alberta. Alberta's boom is Canada's boom," Stelmach told a news conference Friday.

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ScienceDave

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at 11:20 on August 4th, 2007

Coming from Canada's top oil producer, and the province harboring the oil sands, this is near-terrifying - the amount of fossil fuel burned to run refineries is astronomical. However, I did grow up in Alberta and knew many many familes who survived off the oil industry. It's a tough call, given the economy is so reliant upon an industry that ultimately will do more harm than good.

Thanks for posting this ppeggy.