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阿尔伯塔需要一个价值十五亿加元的管道来捕捉二氧化碳: X0 I0 k9 n+ b- u: r# U
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' }$ Q) b! q& c, p8 G阿尔伯塔想要渥太华帮助建立一个耗资15亿加元的管道将北方工业区的油井废气二氧化碳输送到数百公里以外。$ F' j% r+ P! g9 y; q/ Z& B; l7 `
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政府事务署Guy Boutilier 部长催促Ed Stelmach's总理实施一个计划,通过一个价值15亿加元的400公里长的管线捕捉并传送二氧化碳,使其能够被用来帮助更多的低产石油井。( Z [0 m. ]) S, a3 l. \' G' l+ e% m
s2 l; k8 {& j/ gBoutilier希望渥太华出5亿元用于始于东北部的管道。另外5亿元将来自省里和全省各行业。
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8 i6 j# x4 H* W5 |; D “我不相信,加拿大总理不会接受部长们的邀请,参加这次重要的举措。”他说。“这是一次真正的将对气候变化构成威胁的二氧化碳逐出大气层的行动。”
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. Y# ^3 H. l/ V/ L2 K根据加拿大环境署报告:2004年艾伯塔省温室气体总排放量增加了39.4%, 从1990兆吨168.17增加到234.51兆吨。; U& {* u: t; ~! e' ]
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Alberta wants $1.5B pipeline to capture C028 S$ V: F/ [1 Q
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Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 | 12:49 PM MT " u8 S x' c1 v6 G o: t7 t0 ]; e
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Alberta wants Ottawa to help build a $1.5-billion pipeline that would put carbon dioxide emissions from the northern oilsands industry to work in oil wells hundreds of kilometres away.
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- n& Z) \/ e* F4 Z* q. k' q3 E6 }4 QIntergovernmental Affairs Minister Guy Boutilier is pushing Premier Ed Stelmach's plan to capture C02 and send it through a $1.5-billion, 400-kilometre pipeline that would allow it to be used to help get more oil out of low-producing wells.3 v( M. C5 O( f# ~1 w3 V' v2 O
8 n" ~) f: t f6 JBoutilier wants Ottawa to pony up with $500 million for the pipeline, which would start in his riding in northeastern Alberta. Another $500 million each would come from the province and industry, he said.
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/ U( D. A' I- n7 t4 R"I do not believe for a moment that the prime minister of Canada would not accept the premier's invitation to join us on this important C02 initiative," he said.
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"This initiative is real in getting C02 out of the atmosphere, which is certainly a threat to climate change."
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' k4 S0 U) r& \. i2 fTotal greenhouse gas emissions in Alberta have increased by 39.4 per cent, from 168.17 megatons in 1990 to 234.51 megatons in 2004, according to Environment Canada.) |; j1 D* q% A ?! c% w
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In the battle to contain climate change, pumping C02 back into old coal seams or natural gas reservoirs has become one of the hot topics among scientific and government planners.: g" ?9 N5 \2 G& b6 T5 M8 Q
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'Not a silver bullet' The willingness of Ottawa and the resource sector to help build the pipeline remains to be seen, but environmental groups are already weighing in on the idea.
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4 a5 C7 B+ E. o" U"Carbon capture and storage is not a silver bullet," said Mary Griffiths, a senior policy analyst with the Pembina Institute.
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"Capturing carbon dioxide and storing it underground may be a useful transition to help us get more rapid greenhouse gas reductions than would otherwise be possible, but we see it only as an interim measure.". S- H8 q! F9 t4 U& O# _
* ~; ]; |+ l) u4 s* Q4 t7 j. D/ JProduction and refining in Alberta's north demands enough natural gas to heat 3.2 million Canadian homes per day, as well as generating three times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional light or medium crude oil, according to the institute.3 L2 D; F" @* c. k) q" j$ Q
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Griffiths said she wants the Alberta government to focus more on renewable energy, which she believes can do more in the long term. |
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