The Sierra Club reports that Canada's new government under Prime Minister Mark Carney signed an agreement with Alberta to advance a West Coast Pipeline carrying up to one million barrels of oil sands crude per day to Asian markets. The deal also promotes carbon capture and storage, but critics say CCS is being used to justify continued fossil fuel growth. The article notes that up to 88 percent of large-scale CCS projects have historically failed, and that the pipeline would primarily benefit US oil majors like ExxonMobil through its Imperial Oil subsidiary. Environmental groups and Indigenous leaders oppose the pipeline, citing spill risks to BC fisheries and coastal communities. The Pathways Alliance, representing 95 percent of oil sands production, claims its CCS plan will capture 16 million tonnes of CO2, but a research paper in Energy Research & Social Science calls this greenwashing. The IEA projects global oil demand will peak around 2030, raising questions about the long-term viability of new fossil fuel infrastructure.
