{"id":66145,"date":"2024-05-06T10:58:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=66145"},"modified":"2024-09-19T10:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:42:59","slug":"report-selling-hot-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/publication\/66145\/report-selling-hot-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Selling hot air"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Shell\u2019s flagship carbon capture project has made over $200 million (CAD) selling emissions credits for reductions that never happened, according to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf\">&nbsp;new investigative report<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Selling Hot Air<\/em>&nbsp;from Greenpeace Canada. [1] The findings come as Canadian oil sands companies advertise carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a solution to oil sands pollution, while lobbying against regulations that would cap emissions from the sector. [2]<\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file aligncenter\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:300px\" aria-label=\"Embed of (EN) Selling Hot Air Report.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2088209e-91b3-4983-aa20-78eadce70dad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(EN) Selling Hot Air Report<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2024\/02\/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2088209e-91b3-4983-aa20-78eadce70dad\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>Freedom of Information documents obtained by Greenpeace show that Shell lobbied for and received a 2-for-1 deal during 2008 negotiations with the Government of Alberta as a way to further subsidize the project. Under this deal, Shell was able to sell credits for two tonnes of CO2 for every one tonne that it actually captured \u2013 and keep all the profits.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-cta\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/65623\/shells-flagship-carbon-capture-project-sold-200m-of-phantom-emissions-credits-greenpeace-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download the report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shell\u2019s flagship carbon capture project has made over $200 million (CAD) selling emissions credits for reductions that never happened, according to a&nbsp;new investigative report&nbsp;Selling Hot Air&nbsp;from Greenpeace Canada. 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