For each sector, the plan looks at current emissions, what has been done so far, what feedback the government has received and what’s next.
“That completely overshadows any promising investments that are included in real climate solutions,” said Morrice.
The NDP and Liberals recently struck a deal expected to last until 2025.
Rational Albertans who accept the best available science could reasonably expect that a NDP govt would plan — create a roadmap — for the managed decline of the oil industry and a just transition for workers ASAP.
After the Federal Court 2018 ruling on TMX, Notley pulled her support for a national “floor price” on carbon.
“Absent further action, Alberta’s emissions are currently on a trajectory to grow from 267 MT in 2013, to 297 MT in 2020, and to 320 MT in 2030.
It included the introduction of a carbon tax and a commitment to phase out coal-fired electricity by 2030.
Notley’s climate policies excluded the only rational sane responses to our global emergency — reduce emissions and stop expanding fossil fuel infrastructure.
You don’t build pipelines and new oilsands projects only to run them for a decade.
Big Oil’s climate plan permits oilsands expansion enabled by new export pipelines in return for a nominal carbon tax that would not impair their profits and a fraudulent oilsands cap.
“Without the federal plan, or with increased prices and/or production, there is no date in sight for when we might expect AB’s emissions to actually go down.