Pandemic or not, Canada still faces a climate crisis — and the clock is ticking | CBC News
With Alberta’s economy already in dire need of assistance, federal aid for the work of cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells was under consideration before COVID-19 and a steep drop in oil prices did deeper damage in March. To address all of those challenges, the Liberals announced $1.7 billion in funding for wells in April as part of a relief package that also included new assistance to help firms reduce carbon emissions.
The Liberals also promised last fall to develop climate change accountability legislation that would set legally binding targets and establish third-party oversight — a promise that shouldn’t necessarily be sidelined by a pandemic.
Maybe this is a slap for Alberta premier Jason Kenney’s trick of letting companies off the hook. See: 8 environmental responsibilities Alberta’s oil and gas companies can skip because of coronavirus: