Canada Formally Offers to Limit Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions If U.S. Approves Keystone XL

In a letter to President Barack Obama, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to gain approval for the Keystone XL pipeline, according to CBC News.

The letter, which was reportedly sent in late August and has not yet been made public, proposed “joint action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil and gas sector.”  CBC News also said that Harper is willing to “willing to accept targets proposed by the United States for reducing the climate-changing emissions.”

Canada Formally Offers to Limit Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions If U.S. Approves Keystone XL