1998 Robert Peterson "A Cleaner Canada," Imperial Oil Ltd.
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"In total, Canada's petroleum industry spent more than $600 million between 1993 and 1995 on environmental protection. The country's resource industries as a whole committed a total of $3.4 billion over the same period. If this kind of spending hadn't resulted in an improved environment, we'd have been squandering an awful lot of our shareholders' money."
"In total, Canada's petroleum industry spent more than $600 million between 1993 and 1995 on environmental protection. The country's resource industries as a whole committed a total of $3.4 billion over the same period. If this kind of spending hadn't resulted in an improved environment, we'd have been squandering an awful lot of our shareholders' money."
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"fears about increasing environmental degradation in Canada and the United States are unfounded."
"fears about increasing environmental degradation in Canada and the United States are unfounded."
"Despite the substantial progress that has been achieved... nearly every statement on the state of the environment appears to be wrapped in doom and gloom. It seems to be politically incorrect to say anything good about it."
"Despite the substantial progress that has been achieved... nearly every statement on the state of the environment appears to be wrapped in doom and gloom. It seems to be politically incorrect to say anything good about it."
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"One thing is clear in this debate. There is absolutely no agreement among climatologists on whether or not the planet is getting warmer or, if it is, on whether the warming is the result of man-made factors or natural variations in the climate."
"One thing is clear in this debate. There is absolutely no agreement among climatologists on whether or not the planet is getting warmer or, if it is, on whether the warming is the result of man-made factors or natural variations in the climate."
"I feel very safe in saying that the view that burning fossil fuels will result in global climate change remains an unproved hypothesis."
"I feel very safe in saying that the view that burning fossil fuels will result in global climate change remains an unproved hypothesis."
"The debate over [global warming] centres around whether the burning of fossil fuels...will cause temperatures around the world to rise to the point where we will be faced with a planetary disaster. It is important to understand that this issue has absolutely nothing to do with pollution and air quality."
"The debate over [global warming] centres around whether the burning of fossil fuels...will cause temperatures around the world to rise to the point where we will be faced with a planetary disaster. It is important to understand that this issue has absolutely nothing to do with pollution and air quality."
"Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant but an essential ingredient of life on this planet - the plant world cannot live without it."
"Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant but an essential ingredient of life on this planet - the plant world cannot live without it."
"It is possible that the warming observed during this century may have resulted from natural variations..."
"It is possible that the warming observed during this century may have resulted from natural variations..."