Request Filed to Assess Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Storage Project
A request was submitted to the Alberta Energy Regulator this week by a group of enviornmentalists and indigenous people regarding Pathways Alliance’s carbon capture network. The concerned parties requested for a thorough environmental assessment of the $16.5 billion carbon capture project.
Ecojustice, a legal organisation representing the Athabasca Chipeewyan First Nation, Alberta Wilderness Association, and other organizations, filed the request.
The Pathways Alliance was formed three years ago with the goal of working around the greenhouse gas emissions of Canada’s six biggest oil sands producers. Since its inception, the Pathways Alliance has been constantly putting pressure on the federal and Alberta governments to support them financially and design plans that will make carbon capture and storage (CCS) an efficient solution in tackling the hazards caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
The project being protested against was proposed and requested for approval earlier this year. The project aims to capture CO2 emissions from more than 20 oil sands facilities. All of the captured carbon is said to be transported through a 400-kilometre pipeline and finally stored in an underground storage site near Cold Lake, Alberta.
Ecojustice contends that due to the project’s size, a unified, thorough environmental assessment is necessary instead of an incremental one. The groups have multiple worries regarding the project, such as its effects on water usage, possible pollution, and general safety.
The woes for the Pathways carbon capture project do not end with Ecojustice’s request. Additional pressure was mounted upon them because of a CCS project with $2.4 billion being cancelled as it was found to be extremely heavy on the coffers by the operator Capital Power.
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