Sentences with phrase «alberta carbon emissions cap»

Under the Alberta carbon emissions cap, oil sands production will be allowed to grow by 53 per cent above 2014 levels.

Not exact matches

First, Trudeau had to work with the NDP government in Alberta to twin his plan for a national price on carbon with its provincial plan and with its idea to put an emission cap on the oil sands.

British Columbia and Alberta have already introduced modest carbon taxes; Ontario and Quebec have embryonic cap - and - trade systems that allow polluters to buy and sell a limited number of emissions permits.

At the same time, Alberta now has an ambitious climate plan that includes a carbon tax and hard cap on oil sands emissions.

Alberta's climate change strategy includes a tax on carbon, a cap on oilsands emissions, a phasing out of coal - fired electricity and an emphasis on wind power.

It's been nearly a year since Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced an ambitious set of policies to cap oil sands emissions, phase out coal - fired power generation and implement an economy - wide carbon tax in Canada's «dirty» province.

Yesterday, the Alberta government released a plan with three main areas of focus: phasing out coal - fired electricity generation by 2030; implementing the carbon tax in two phases; and capping oilsands emissions at 100 megatonnes.