Alberta Environment Minister Jason Nixon rejected the new federal emission reduction plan as it treads on the natural recourse guarantees former Premier Peter Lougheed established, he said in a meeting with Liberal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault..The plan will also raise the cost from fuel to food to electricity for Albertans, he told Guilbeault..The new federal emissions reduction plan, brought forth in the House of Commons on Tuesday, aims to achieve zero-emissions by 2050 and reduce oil and gas methane emissions by 75% by 2030..Nixon told Guilbeault that Alberta’s government is not interested in a transition from jobs in the energy sector laid out in the plan, and.the world needs more oil and gas..Guilbeault seemed unaware of details in his own plan and refuted the existence of a production cut in the document, said Nixon..Nixon said the plan includes modeling for a 10.6% reduction in oil sands production, an 8.4% reduction in crude oil production, and a 15.9% reduction in natural gas production..This goes against investment plans from Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) fund and the Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) plans, he said..The TIER system uses money raised to by the industrial carbon tax to help industrial facilities find innovative ways to reduce emissions and invest in clean technology to save money and remain prominent in the market..To support Alberta’s economic recovery, the province is using up to $700 million from the TIER fund over three years for emissions reduction projects..The ERA spends revenues from the industrial carbon price to accelerate the development and deployment of innovative clean technology solutions..To date, ERA has committed $796 million toward 220 projects worth $6.5 billion, estimated to cut 42 million tonnes of emissions by 2030,.according to Alberta Environment and Parks..Nixon was also concerned about the rising costs Canadians are all struggling to keep up with..Nixon said this plan will only make life more unaffordable for Canadians..Ewa Sudyk is a reporter with the Western Standard.,.esudyk@westernstandard.news
