Alberta releases climate change policy

Yukon Premier Darrell Pasloski, meanwhile, said the promised federal funding can’t be dispersed strictly on a per capita basis, which would mean territories and small provinces wouldn’t get enough money to make a dent in their climate change costs.

Couillard said that Canada has a chance to let the world know what we are doing to deal with climate change in Canada.

“That said, I am concerned about the scale of the carbon price and the fact the plan is not truly revenue neutral – it still comes at a cost to the average Albertan”.

‘We fully support the Government’s new climate policy direction, ‘ said Brian Ferguson, President & Chief Executive Officer of Cenovus Energy. Pilot projects that use solvents in oil sands in situ operations, and projects that use carbon capture and storage technology are examples of technological innovation our industry is already pursuing to reduce per barrel emissions even further.

Canadian Natural Resources has a lot at stake.

“The government of Alberta is going to stop being the problem, and we are going to start being the solution”, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said.

The NDP devised the strategy with data from a panel led by University of Alberta economist Andrew Leach that held numerous meetings with the public and industry groups in recent months.

“This is the right plan for our province, and now is the right time to implement it”, Phillips said. “A very positive step in the fight against climate change”. “Wildrose will be looking at every detail of this plan closely, and we will speak out against policies that hurt Albertans and the economy”.

“This should boost confidence of Canada in the worldwide negotiations”. “There is now nothing standing in the way of Prime Minister [Justin] Trudeau legislating an ambitious national climate leadership plan”, Mahon said hopefully.

While that briefing is going on, there will also be a Google Hangout with Canadian high school students – no, it’s not entirely clear how that will work – which will also be available on the prime ministerial website, and the scientists themselves will take questions from the media after the presentation wraps up.

However, most provinces – now including the biggest fossil fuel producer, Alberta – have bought into the need to buckle down on emission reductions. That’s where society is ultimately headed. “This plan ends runaway growth in the tar sands and limits carbon pollution”, said Mahon. “This is what climate leadership looks like and that is why ForestEthics supports it”.

Notley has maintained that not only is such a policy necessary for the global environment, but also needed to make it easier for bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to find new export markets. We are all now working together to realize the full value provided by the oil and natural gas industry, including jobs, economic benefits and government revenues in a way that addresses the challenges associated with climate change’. “The cap on tar sands emissions is a game changer”.

“I wanted to say a special shout-out to the young people I see seated right in front of the stage here…” The coal phase-out will consist of three principles including maintaining reliability, providing stability in prices, and ensuring that capital is not unnecessarily stranded.

“We will phase out all coal emissions by 2030, and we will encourage the generation of clean, renewable electricity in its place”, Notley said. But as the government embraces renewable sources of energy, it’s important it keeps consumers in mind.

The Alberta cabinet also announced a drastic reduction in the amount of carbon emissions it would permit to be emitted from oil sands.

In addition to the carbon price, the province will cap oil sands emissions at 100 megatonnes.

The initiative would lower methane emissions 45 percent from 2014 levels by 2025 and phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030.