The Gary Null Blog

Top

Follow/Subscribe

Recommend "Suzanne Goldenberg" - Canada Tries to Hide Alberta Tar Sands Carbon Emissions (Email)

This action will generate an email recommending this article to the recipient of your choice. Note that your email address and your recipient's email address are not logged by this system.

Email Article Link

The email sent will contain a link to this article, the article title, and an article excerpt (if available). For security reasons, your IP address will also be included in the sent email.

Article Excerpt:

Published on Wednesday, June 1, 2011 by The Guardian/UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2011/jun/01/canada-tar-sands-carbon-emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands are on the rise, but try finding that in Canada's official report to the UN

by Suzanne Goldenberg

Barely a day goes by it seems when someone from Stephen Harper's government is not touting the benefits of the Alberta tar sands.

Emissions from tar sands mining, such as this pit in Alberta, were left out of Canada's carbon emissions reporting. But when it came to counting up the carbon emissions produced by the tar sands - big and growing bigger - a strange amnesia seems to have taken hold.

The Canadian government admitted this week that it deliberately left out data indicating a 20% rise in emissions from the Alberta tar sands when it submitted its annual inventory to the United Nations.

Article Link:

Your Name:

Your Email:

Recipient Email:

Message:

	The latest from Gary Null - garynullfilms.com! Now you can instantly stream
Gary's films online. Each film costs 4.95, and you can view it straight from your computer!

The Gary Null Blog

Gary Null's latest shows and articles:

Recommend "Suzanne Goldenberg" - Canada Tries to Hide Alberta Tar Sands Carbon Emissions (Email)

Email Article Link

Greenhouse gas emissions from the tar sands are on the rise, but try finding that in Canada's official report to the UN