Canada says it can fight climate change and be major oil nation. Massive fires may force a reckoning
Associated PressFORT MCMURRAY, Canada — During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada, Julia Cardinal lost a riverside cabin that was many things to her: retirement project, gift from from her husband, and somewhere to live by nature, as her family had done for generations. Trees line Suncor’s oil sands operation near Fort McMurray, Canada, on Friday, Sep. 1, 2023. Steam rises at Suncor’s oil sands facility near Fort McMurray, Canada, on Friday, Sep. 1, 2023. Carmen Lee Essington, vice president of Cenovus’ oil sands operations, right, walks by steam-producing towers at Cenovus’ Sunrise oil facility northeast of Fort McMurray on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Tubing transporting gas, steam and oil emulsion stand above the vegetation to allow for animals to pass underneath at Cenovus’ Sunrise oil facility northeast of Fort McMurray on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.
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