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U.S. mayors call for oil sands boycott

Oil sands mining transforms the landscape Photo: David Dodge, Pembina Institute American mayors attending their annual meeting in Florida this week adopted a resolution that "supports federal legislation that prohibits government use of unconventional or synthetic fuels" derived from CO2-intensive sources such as oil sands or shales and "encourages" mayors to boycott the use of these fuels in their own municipal fleets. Although it seems to have gone largely unmentioned in the American press, the same can not be said of the Canadian media. ... Read more →

Air Products makes hydrogen to then make gasoline and diesel in Alberta Sebastian Blanco

Expansion of Alberta oil sands production could increase CO2 by 30% Sam Abuelsamid

Biodiesel standard tests begin in Canada Dane Muldoon

With the Canadian government set to introduce their renewable fuels strategy, biodiesel blend testing is set to begin in early 2007 with the Alberta Biodiesel Demonstration Project. Multiple ...

Alberta Commits C$239 Million to Bioenergy Sector Sam Abuelsamid

U.S. mayors call for oil sands boycott 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Air Products makes hydrogen to then make gasoline and diesel in Alberta 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A 2005 press image from Air Products. Need hydrogen in Alberta, Canada? Air Products (along with its Air Products Canada Ltd. subsidiary) has announced the commercialization of a hydrogen plant this week. Air Products' new plant can make over 100 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day. The hydrogen is ...

Expansion of Alberta oil sands production could increase CO2 by 30% 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Oil sands bitumen extraction cell - Wikipedia The western Canadian province of Alberta comprises less than ten percent of the country's population but is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases, due primarily to oil sands production. Extracting usable oil from tar sands requires a lot of heat, ...

Biodiesel standard tests begin in Canada 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

With the Canadian government set to introduce their renewable fuels strategy, biodiesel blend testing is set to begin in early 2007 with the Alberta Biodiesel Demonstration Project. Multiple interested parties who support the initiative, including members of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association ...

Alberta Commits C$239 Million to Bioenergy Sector 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Canada is the number one supplier of both crude oil and total petroleum products to the United States. Most of that oil originates in the western province of Alberta, which in several ways is sort of the Texas of Canada. Besides, the oil Alberta is also the spiritual home of cowboys in Canada and ...

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