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Technological ProsPecTs for reducing The environmenTal fooTPrinT of canadian oil sands The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development Science Advice in the Public Interest TECHNOLOGICAL PROSPECTS FOR REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF CANADIAN OIL SANDS The Expert Panel on the. [...] www.scienceadvice.ca @scienceadvice The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development v The Expert Panel on the Potential for New and Emerging Technologies to Reduce the Environmental Impacts of Oil Sands Development Eric Newell, O. [...] TOWARDS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT The evidence reviewed by the Panel points to the need for Canada to accelerate the pace of oil sands technology development to reduce the environmental footprint of bitumen and synthetic crude oil production in northern Alberta. [...] xiv Technological Prospects for Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Canadian Oil Sands DEFINING AND MEASURING THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF THE OIL SANDS The Panel, for the purpose of this report, defined the environmental footprint primarily in terms of emissions from oil sands operations and related resource use. [...] The current pace of development requires the most promising technologies to be ready for broad adoption in the near term to prevent the locking in of existing and less efficient technologies to the majority of new projects.