Background materials on carbon pricing in N.B.
New Brunswick has the 3rd highest per capita emissions in Canada after Alberta and Saskatchewan. Canada itself ranks in the top ten global emitters in the world and on a per capita basis they rank 4th.
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Although a majority of Canadians didn’t
vote for any one political party, a majority of Canadians did vote
for a more ambitious climate action plan. Now the parties and members
of parliament must work together across party lines to forge an alliance
to deliver action in line with what Canadians are expecting and what
science tells us must be done.
With the NDP and Green Party hearing and amplifying that call, “I’d like to think [the Liberals] have had a wake-up call, that this election has been a bit hair-raising for them, and the call for real climate action in this country is stronger than the call for more oil and gas,” Lash said.
Liberal Minority: Trudeau Fights Campaign with Climate at the Centre, and Wins – The Energy Mix
“This election was essentially a referendum on climate change action, and Canadians voted a strong ‘yes!’” said Environmental Defence Executive Director Tim Gray. “Although the majority of Canadians didn’t vote for any one political party, the majority of Canadians did vote for a more ambitious climate action plan. Now the parties and members of parliament must work together across party lines to forge an alliance to deliver action in line with what Canadians are expecting, and what science tells us must be done.”
Warren Buffett-linked company to build $200M wind power farm in Alberta | CBC News
A company linked to U.S. investor Warren Buffett says it will
break ground on a $200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern
Alberta next year.
break ground on a $200-million, 117.6-megawatt wind farm in southeastern
Alberta next year.
In a release, Calgary-based BHE Canada, a
subsidiary of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy, says its Rattlesnake
Ridge Wind project will be located southwest of Medicine Hat and will
produce enough energy to supply the equivalent of 79,000 homes.