Posted on 03/31/2022 7:21:25 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's first emissions reduction roadmap relies heavily on the oil and gas sector to help Ottawa reach its 2030 climate goal, but there is a still a big gap between what industry and government say are achievable cuts.
Oil and gas is Canada's highest-polluting sector, accounting for 26% of total emissions. If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is to meet its climate target of reducing overall emissions 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030, the oil and gas industry will need to make drastic cuts.
So far Canada has missed every emissions reduction goal it has ever set and oil and gas pollution has risen 19% between 2005 and 2019. Canada's new Emissions Reduction Plan, announced on Tuesday, aims to cut oil and gas emissions by 42% from current levels by 2030.
The Liberal government, which has had a strained relationship with the oil and gas industry since coming to power in 2015, is also developing an oil sands emissions cap as promised in the last election.
Trudeau said oil and gas leaders themselves recognised the need to get to net-zero by 2050.
Ottawa is relying on a handful of levers to slash oil and gas emissions, such as cutting methane output and new technologies including carbon capture and storage (CCS), said Dave Sawyer, principal economist at the Canadian Climate Institute.
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When are you Canadians gonna get rid of that little commie punk?
Like father, like son. I remember someone telling me that when Pierre finally retired at about this time in 1984, people in Calgary (and probably elsewhere in Alberta) had big horn honking parties in celebration.
Decomposing leaves are a surprising source of greenhouse gases and Canada has a lot of leaves , what will Trudeau do about that ,LOL
Cut down all the trees for firewood?
People like Trudeau think their country is in a box and the air stays put ,LOL
Tomorrow will be April. It is snowing in Nova Scotia. Aren’t they ready for warmer weather? If so, they need a new Prime Minister.
Canada is already a net carbon sink. Our forests pull more CO2 than we produce.
Net zero would mean we do our best to increase CO2 output, wouldn’t it?
“and oil and gas pollution has risen 19%”
Note the term ‘pollution’. CO2 is NOT pollution, but the Left has redefined the term. I wonder if Zelensky considers CO2 pollution, considering what he said yesterday?
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