Oil and gas emissions cap will create new investment and jobs in Alberta

There is a path for the fossil fuel sector, including the oilsands, to decarbonize, but companies won’t do it voluntarily. It’s the government’s job to plan for our future economy. That is why additional regulation is urgently needed.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured recently in West Block. From 2005 to 2022, absolute emissions from the oil and gas industry increased by 11 per cent. During the same period, average emissions across Canada decreased by seven per cent, writes Simon Dyer.The Hill Times photograph

Opinion

BY SIMON DYER

November 27, 2024

On Nov. 21, 2024, the Pembina Institute's deputy executive director Simon Dyer appeared as an expert witness at the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources, as part of its study on "Climate Change: Canadian Oil and Gas Industry." His fu...

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