CCS A Cornerstone Of Alberta´s Climate Strategy

The Alberta government recently announced an updated climate change strategy in its January 2008 policy document, entitled "Alberta's 2008 Climate Strategy: Responsibility/Leadership/Action". The strategy calls for province-wide emissions reduction targets from current levels. Alberta is proposing cutting 20 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2010, 50 million tonnes by 2020 and 200 million tonnes by 2050, relative to anticipated economic growth. The strategy calls for the fostering and leveraging of carbon capture and storage technology to account for approximately 70% of the ultimate reductions, with conservation and efficiency efforts and the adoption of greener practices accounting for the remainder. Other points of interest in the strategy include the development of an Energy Efficiency Act, the development of protocols for facilities that emit over 50,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases to report