Imagine a world where you never stray more than a few kilometres from home. Your diet might consist entirely of potatoes and sugar beets. You’d never hear Cockney on the streets of London. And you’d never see the Panama Canal, Great Wall of China or even the world’s largest pysanka in Vegreville, Alberta.
We believe the key to a better future is listening to and understanding the perspectives of others. This week, we asked Merran Smith, director of Clean Energy Canada at Tides Canada, to respond to questions about the Canadian energy strategy and the role of oil sands in a changing world. Merran’s team is working to align an array of public, private, and civil-society interests around a vision of a low-carbon Canadian energy economy and a policy framework that would deliver such a future.
Football season, the presidential election and concert tour by British boy band sensation One Direction aren’t the only sources of excitement in the United States these days.
Depending on who you ask, the world’s seven billionth baby has already joined us or intends to arrive around 2013 (no pressure). Whether or not that global population milestone has been reached, one thing is certain — the more of us here on Earth, the more energy we’re all going to need.
TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline Project is one of the most polarizing North American undertakings in recent years. It seems everybody has an opinion on the project. And public figures on both sides of the border, from politicians to celebrities, have not been shy about adding their voices to the debate about whether it’s in the United States’ best interests to import more Canadian oil sands-derived crude.
This past week, we released our 2011 Report on Sustainability. Themed Performance. Partnerships. Possibilities., it communicates our environmental, social and economic performance through narrative and a series of charts, graphs and videos.
In previous OSQAR editions, we’ve focused on the three pillars of sustainability: energy, economy and environment – each important in their own right. This week, we turn our attention to the connection between energy and the economy.
Oil Sands Question and Response (OSQAR) is a blog created by Suncor Energy to support constructive dialogue about the oil sands. In our weekly posts, we talk about the energy industry, environmental impact, tailings management and reclamation, water management and the social and economic implications of oil sands development.
Our oil sands operations are near Fort McMurray, Alberta, where we recover bitumen from oil sands through mining and in situ operations. The bitumen from both operations is then upgraded to refinery-ready feedstock and diesel fuel. More about the where and the what of the oil sands can be found on our oil sands resource page.
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