Canadian oil sands project on enviro hold

The Federal Court of Canada, a special trial court, taking a greenhouse gases look at a 120,000 acre Alberta oil sands project proposed by Imperial Oil.

Justice Danièle Tremblay-Lamer found that the review panel did not justify its finding that the measures proposed by Imperial Oil, which is controlled by the ExxonMobil Corporation, would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the project to “insignificant levels.” The ruling indicated that the project would produce emissions similar to 800,000 automobiles.

The review is due to a suit by Canadian environmental groups.