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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's direction to her new environment minister lacks specifics on climate change and does more to protect industry interests than ecosystems, critics say.
CALGARY — As Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party celebrates Monday's election win in Alberta, the province's oil and gas sector remains in the dark over how much financial support the new government will offer it to decarbonize.
Both the Canadian government and the government of Alberta, source of most of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, have come out with emissions reduction plans that seem unlikely to pave the way to a lower carbon future. [Gas in Transition, Volume 3, Issue 4]
As Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party celebrates Monday’s election win in Alberta, the province’s oil and gas sector remains in the dark over how much financial support the new government will offer it to decarbonize.