Canada’s oil sands among worst for greenhouse emissions
A new report says that not all crude oil affects climate change equally.
INSURANCE NEWS
By Jamie Henry
Apr 15, 2015
A new report says that not all crude oil affects climate change equally. The study by academics from the University of Calgary, Stanford and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found that there is an 80 per cent difference between the highest and lowest carbon-emitting fuels. Extra heavy crude, which it the type produced at Canada’s oilsands, is among the worst polluters. 
 
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