Jason Kenney’s Political Paranoia | The Tyee
Kenney then goes into full-blast self-congratulation: “And we will
continue to fight back, because our track record in protecting the
environment, our commitment to leadership in innovation and, above all,
our success in sharing those benefits throughout the Canadian economy,
are unmatched.”
continue to fight back, because our track record in protecting the
environment, our commitment to leadership in innovation and, above all,
our success in sharing those benefits throughout the Canadian economy,
are unmatched.”
Evidently he missed the scientific report last month in Nature Communications
that reported oilsands CO2 emissions intensities are anywhere from 13
per cent to 123 per cent larger than the industry has publicly reported:
“This leads to 64 per cent higher annual GHG [greenhouse gas] emission
from surface mining operations, and 30 per cent higher overall
[oilsands] GHG emission (17 Mt) compared to that reported by industry.”
In fairness, Kenney doesn’t mention climate
issues much, if at all. He isn’t through with the oil tanker ban,
however. He complains that it’s “a ban against oil only from Alberta,”
since we can’t stop the Americans from carrying Alaskan oil to the lower
48.