Net Zero: Indigenous group bids on Alberta carbon-capture hub – iPolitics

Feb 1, 2022

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In Alberta, a group of Indigenous communities are competing with big name oil and gas companies to secure the rights to construct and operate the first large-scale, regional carbon capture and storage facility in the province. The provincial government has selected an area known as the Industrial Heartland, northeast of Edmonton, as the location for the proposed centre.

“We have to leave Mother Earth in a state where our kids and grandkids can flourish and have fresh water and breathe fresh air. So I think that’s the big sales pitch that we need to look at. And secondly, is economic reconciliation with the First Nations,” said Chief Greg Desjarlais of the Frog Lake First Nation.

The centre would collect carbon emissions from refineries, fertilizer plants, and any other facility that emits greenhouse gases. The emissions would then be stored underground.

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