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Tasha Kheiriddin: Guilbeault's oil and gas cap shows how out of touch he is
Scrap the cap.” That’s the new battle cry out of Alberta, following Monday’s announcement by federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault of regulations that would force upstream oil and gas operations to cut carbon emissions to 35 per cent below 2019 levels,
Canada to unveil long-awaited plan for emissions cap on oil and gas sector
Canada will on Monday unveil the details of its plan to cap emissions from the oil and gas sector, according to an official government announcement released on Sunday.
Trudeau Government Orders Canadian Oil & Gas Firms To Cut Emissions
In the plan expected to be published in details later on Monday, the government would be seeking to force oil and gas producers to have their emissions decline by 35% compared to 2019 levels
Canada Proposes Sharp Cut in Oil and Gas Sector Emissions by 2030
Oil and gas is Canada's highest-polluting industry and its emissions continue to rise, undercutting progress in many other parts of the economy. Ottawa will likely fall short of its commitment to reduce emissions by 40-45% from 2005 levels by 2030 unless the oil and gas sector intensifies efforts to decarbonize.
Canada Moves to Limit Oil and Gas Industry Carbon Emissions
The Trudeau government has focused on the oil and gas production industries because the large amounts of energy they use make them the country’s largest source of greenhouse gases.
Canada Sets Preliminary Rules for Oil-and-Gas Carbon-Emissions Cap
The cap on energy-sector emissions is a longstanding promise from Canada’s Liberal government. The Business Council of Canada said the cap would pose a headwind for an economy struggling to record growth.
Federal draft rules require oil and gas sector to cut emissions 35% below 2019 levels
The federal government unveiled draft regulations Monday that will impose a greenhouse gas cap on the oil and gas sector that limits emissions to 35 per cent below 2019 levels.
Oil, gas companies told to cut emissions by one-third under planned cap
Oil and gas producers in Canada will be required to cut greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years under new regulations published Monday. The government is also going to establish a cap-and-trade system that Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said will reward lower-emitting producers and incentivize higher-polluting ones to do more.
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Trudeau Government Orders 35% Emissions Cut from Oil Giants by 2030
Canada will force its energy sector to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 35% over the next six years, introducing a sweeping ...
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No funding for biodiversity at Colombia summit. Could Canada have helped?
Nature is being pushed to the brink as logging, mining and the relentless burning of fossil fuels destroy ecosystems — but even while acknowledging the problem, countries negotiating at COP16 still ...
Canada sets preliminary rules aiming for oil and gas producers to cut emissions by 35%
The plan would be implemented through a cap-and-trade system that sets a legal limit on the energy sector's emissions and ...
Oil and gas emissions cap at risk if Bloc and NDP trigger early election, Guilbeault warns
As regulations for the federal government's oil and gas emissions cap approach the finish line, Canada's environment minister is warning the NDP and the Bloc Québécois that triggering an early ...