On Nov. 21, 2024, the Pembina Institute's deputy executive director Simon Dyer appeared as an expert witness at the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, as part of its study on 'Climate Change: Canadian Oil and Gas Industry.' His full opening remarks are below. The Pembina Institute was founded 40 years ago in Drayton Valley, Alta.
You may be aware, for example, that Canada has had some success reducing methane emissions from our oil and gas production. That is true, but you should also know that there is little methane associated with the production of oilsands bitumen, so methane regulations have had almost no impact on the oilsands. This lack of regulation is partly why, since 2005, oilsands emissions have gone up—by 142 per cent.