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"we are not going away from fossil fuel use", Smith's strong message to Ottawa

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Alberta is well on its way to becoming a world leader in technologies such as carbon capture and storage whether the Liberal government likes it or not.(PHOTO: x\ABDanielleSmith)

Alberta's Premier Danielle Smith has given a strong message to Ottawa to maintain the province's oil and gas sector. Smith said that we are working to reduce the emissions without eliminating the use of fossil fuel.

"we are not going away from fossil fuel use, we are going to move away from emissions", Smith said.

Addressing the oil executives in Edmonton on Tuesday, she emphasized on carbon capture projects technologies

We don't need what Ottawa has called the ‘Just Transition’ in Alberta because we do not intend to transition away from oil and gas,” she said.

“This is not about transitioning away from oil and gas. It's about transitioning away from emissions.”

Alberta is well on its way to becoming a world leader in technologies such as carbon capture and storage whether the Liberal government likes it or not.

Smith says she will have a program dedicated to helping spur more carbon capture projects in the province announced by the end of November.

carbon capture and storage refers to a suite of technologies that enable the mitigation of carbon dioxide emissions from large point sources such as power plants, refineries and other industrial facilities, or the removal of existing CO2 from the atmosphere.

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