Canada needs to lead an international effort to reduce fossil fuel production

Fossil-fuel producing countries have to stop trading off climate risks for resource revenues. Growing public pressure and more profitable renewables are pushing fossil fuel producers to act.

So far, the federal government has primarily promoted ‘cleaner’ fossil fuel sectors and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argues that resource sectors are necessary to pay for a transition to a clean economy, writes Philippe Le Billon. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PHILIPPE LE BILLON

March 11, 2020

Teck’s cancellation of its $20-billion Frontier project in February clearly exposed Canada’s contradictory position as a climate champion and major fossil fuel exporter. Having

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