U.s.-canadian Environment Talks Focus On Clean Energy, Skirt Oil Sands Emissions

摘要

Two days of high-level energy and environment policy meetings in Washington, D.C., with key administration and congressional officials focused on the Clean Energy Dialogue announced Feb. 19 during President Obama's first official visit to Ottawa, Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice said March 3.rnPrentice said the emission of greenhouse gases associated with Canada's oil sands developments was only a peripheral issue in the March 2-3 discussions, which involved Energy Secretary Steven Chu; Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson; the U.S. State Department's special envoy on climate change, Todd Stern; and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.).