Although this is a component of a National Assessment of geological sequestration in coal through the National Coal Inventory, the focus over the next three years will be on the Alberta Plains because: i) Alberta is Canada's largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions with many large point sources of CO₂, ii) the Alberta Plains has the largest concentration of widespread thick coal seams in Canada which directly underlie these point sources, iii) implementing CO₂ storage in coal seams in Alberta will provide the largest and earliest impact on CO₂ reduction of any region in Canada. The products of the work within the three-year timeframe will be a thorough and comprehensive understanding of where and how much of Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions problem can be mitigated by the coal solution.

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