Government policies “totally inadequate” for Canada to achieve net zero, new report says

Mark Lowey
February 21, 2024

Much more aggressive government policies are needed for Canada to have any hope of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, says a new report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office.

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Organizations: Canada Energy Regulator, Canada's Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - BC Office, Conservative Party of Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, Global Sustainability Research, Government of Canada, International Energy Agency, Liberal Party of Canada, and LNG Canada
People: David Hughes, Jerry DeMarco, Pierre Poilievre, Premier Danielle Smith, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Topics: "Canada's Energy Future 2023" (report), "Getting to Net-Zero in Canada" (report), Canada Energy Regulator's net-zero scenarios, Canada per-capita energy consumption, Canada's 2030 target for reducing GHG emissions, Canada's carbon price, Canada's energy system, Canada's net-zero goal in 2050, Canada's oilsands production, Canada's policies for achieving net zero, carbon capture and storage, carbon sequestration capacity of Canada's forests, Climate Change, Coastal Gas Link pipeline, direct air capture technology, electricity's share of energy supply, emissions from Canada's oil and gas industry, energy efficiency and reducing energy consumption, energy sector's contribution to GDP, GHG emissions in Canada, hydraulic fracturing in B.C., impacts of not reducing fossil fuels use, International Energy Agency's net-zero roadmap, LNG terminals in Canada, new nuclear power, oil and natural gas production, percentage of hydrogen in energy consumption, provincial and federal revenues from oil and gas, renewable energy generation from wind and solar, small modular reactors (SMRs), Trans Mountain pipeline, and utilizing biomass for energy

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