Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Canada Has No Detailed Plan to Meet Its Emissions Goals, Federal Watchdog Warns

The Suncor oil sands processing plant near the Athabasca River at their mining operations near Fort McMurray, Alta.  (Credit: Todd Korol/Reuters) Click to enlarge.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government is not doing enough to reduce carbon emissions, fight climate change and regulate oil and gas emissions, a series of audits from a federal watchdog have found.

The audits, contained in a report published Tuesday, say Canada has no detailed plan to meet its emissions reduction targets, is on pace to fall well short of missing them and has made no long-term commitment to environmental monitoring in the oil sands region, the fastest-growing source of emissions.

Canada Has No Detailed Plan to Meet Its Emissions Goals, Federal Watchdog Warns

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