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The Alberta oil sands and climate

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  • Neil C. Swart

    (Neil C. Swart and Andrew J. Weaver are at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada)

  • Andrew J. Weaver

    (Neil C. Swart and Andrew J. Weaver are at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3V6, Canada)

Abstract

The claimed economic benefits of exploiting the vast Alberta oil-sand deposits need to be weighed against the need to limit global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions.

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  • Neil C. Swart & Andrew J. Weaver, 2012. "The Alberta oil sands and climate," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(3), pages 134-136, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:3:d:10.1038_nclimate1421
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1421
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    1. Doris Leong & Simon Donner, 2015. "Climate change impacts on streamflow availability for the Athabasca Oil Sands," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 133(4), pages 651-663, December.
    2. Matto Mildenberger & Peter Howe & Erick Lachapelle & Leah Stokes & Jennifer Marlon & Timothy Gravelle, 2016. "The Distribution of Climate Change Public Opinion in Canada," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(8), pages 1-14, August.
    3. Healy, Noel & Barry, John, 2017. "Politicizing energy justice and energy system transitions: Fossil fuel divestment and a “just transition”," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 108(C), pages 451-459.

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