As was also reported in today’s Energy Bulletin (see the link in my Blogroll), Canada’s new Energy Minister has indicated a shift in his country’s previous policy advocating essentially unlimited growth in the tar sands projects.

Ron Liepert has stated that Canada

needs to examine ways to moderate the pace of oil sands development … [and he] wants to make sure future oil sands development does not again overstretch the capacity of the province’s infrastructure.

An interesting political development….I’ll keep you posted

You can read the entire article here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-to-study-pace-of-oil-sands-growth/article1431612/