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Alberta-Ottawa agreement on methane targets stokes dismay for some, relief for others
Canada's federal and Alberta governments agreed to extend methane reduction deadlines to 2035, targeting a 75% cut from 2014 levels to balance climate goals and industry costs.
- The existing draft methane proposed laws put down by the federal government are considered unworkable and unrealistic by the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada's president Tristan Goodman.
- Mark Scholz, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Energy Contractors, welcomed a more reasonable methane policy.
- The oil and gas sector is Canada's biggest emitter of methane, which can escape into the atmosphere through venting, leaks from equipment, and inefficient burning.
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Alberta-Ottawa agreement on methane targets stokes dismay for some, relief for others
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Alberta-Ottawa agreement on methane targets stokes dismay for some, relief for others – Energeticcity.ca
CALGARY — The prospect of building a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast has garnered most of the attention since Ottawa and Alberta announced their sweeping energy accord late last month, but another item has left environmentalists dismayed and energy industry players pleasantly surprised. The federal and provincial governments have agreed to extend by five years the timeline for the oil and gas sector to reduce its methane emissions. Draft …
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