Canada should back away from carbon capture and storage and focus on infrastructure like pipelines
Martha Hall Findlay argues that Canada should pause its support for the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero carbon capture project due to shifting global and economic priorities. She contends that the high costs of carbon capture and storage (CCUS) yield minimal global emissions reductions and that limited resources should instead be directed toward economic diversification, national security, and critical infrastructure. With energy prices rising and geopolitical instability affecting global supply, she advocates for investments in export infrastructure like pipelines, ports, and rail to strengthen Canada’s economy and sovereignty.
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Open this photo in gallery:Shell’s Quest Carbon Capture and Storage facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., in 2021. More such projects, to sequester CO2 emissions and send them into the ground, are in the works.TODD KOROL/ReutersShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountMartha Hall Findlay is director of the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy and holds the Palmer Chair in Public Policy.The economist John Maynard Keynes is reputed to have said, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Still, this is a hard piece for me to write. I devoted several years of my life to helping create the Oil Sands Pathways to Net Zero Alliance and its carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) project.
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