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Article: Canada: Feds fund 8 carbon capture projects in Western Canada.
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- March 27, 2009
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Byline: Mamta03
The Harper government has given the green light to eight projects in Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan aimed at developing carbon capture and storage technologies. Funding was announced last April, but it took the Natural Resources Department a year to choose from almost 40 proposals it received.
"I dont think its possible to overstate the importance of this technology," Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt said Thursday at an announcement in Calgary.
"These companies will be demonstrating how carbon capture and storage can be used to reduce our emissions associated with projects such as fertilizer production, gas processing and ...