Some good stuff in here, some questions. /1
Trudeau promises to regulate oil and gas emissions, electric vehicle sales /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
Trudeau promises to regulate oil and gas emissions, electric vehicle sales /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…
The good: $ to support worker transition in oil/gas-dependent provinces; more ambitious methane red'ns by 2030; net zero electricity by 2035. More $ for EV purchases because, hey, it's election time. /3
The questions. Commitment to "5-year targets starting in 2025" for oil/gas industry "at a pace and scale needed to achieve net zero by 2050." Given that it's already 2021, I infer that's a 5-yr target for 2025-2030. Q1: Why wait to 2025 to start? Q2: Why not give target now? /4
The Lib govt will already have modelled Canada's new #ParisAgreement target to reduce by 40-45%. If they can announce a 75% methane target for 2025-30, why not total GHG target too? I worry that 4 yrs of industry lobbying will yield delay and weakening (as with Clean Fuel Std).5
This is more ambitious than the Conservatives on ZEVs, methane, carbon pricing, *presumably* oil/gas industry (though see Q's above, and neither mentions subsidy phase-out), 2030 target. Doubt it's enough yet for -40%. Wish all parties would state red'ns expected from proposals.
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