Canada's oilsands are the whipping boy of leftist enviro hypocrites, but they have no impact whatsoever on climate change. That is according to the IEA and and a study from a professor and now a Green Pary MLA from BC. Fort McMurray's air and water quality is better than most US cities too. Certainly better than where I live.Quote from: "seoulbro"
The extraction of oil in general has almost no affect on changing the world's climate. Even the most extreme warmist will usually accept the science that it is burning fuels that produces the lions share of emissions from oil and natural gas.
And it is just ridiculous to think extracting oil in Alberta or Saskatchewan has any impact on people or the environment in Ohio and New Jersey. Even Beijing's poor air quality is a localized problem and is not killing the planet. The earth is a lot heartier than some people think.
I have worked in countries that do not give a shit about their own towns let alone the planet. Canada is the opposite of those hellholes. But, even those countries are not wrecking the planet. Just their little corner of it.