Ottawa, Ont. – The climate action plan released today has a more comprehensive suite of climate policies than in the past and we welcome the meaningful escalation of the retail portion of the carbon price. We\u2019re also pleased about the portion of the $15 billion investment that is not in effect yet another fossil fuel subsidy. But that amount, which is a small fraction of what other countries are doing on a per capita basis, clearly cannot get the job done. In fact, Canada should be investing $270 billion if it was following the level of ambition of the US or EU.<\/p>\n
It is also disappointing that the federal government continues to ignore measures that would most effectively reduce Canada\u2019s greatest sources of carbon emissions: the oil and gas sector, and road transportation. The steps to reduce these emissions are well-known: no new oil and gas projects, a gradual phase out of fossil fuel production and use, action to increase the production of electric vehicles.<\/p>\n
It is well past time we get to work on these measures, with a fair transition plan for workers and communities who rely on the fossil fuel sector. \u00a0We will know the Canadian government is serious about climate action when its stated goal is to transition away from the production and use of ALL fossil fuels, and its actions follow suit.<\/p>\n
About ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE (www.environmentaldefence.ca<\/strong><\/a>): Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian environmental advocacy organization that works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities<\/p>\n -30-<\/p>\n For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact:<\/b><\/p>\n Barbara Hayes, Environmental Defence, bhayes@environmentaldefence.ca<\/a><\/p>\n The post Statement from Dale Marshall, National Climate Program Manager, on the federal government\u2019s new climate action plan<\/a> appeared first on Environmental Defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n This post was originally published on Environmental Defence<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ottawa, Ont. \u2013 The climate action plan released today has a more comprehensive suite of climate policies than in the past and we welcome…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n The post Statement from Dale Marshall, National Climate Program Manager, on the federal government\u2019s new climate action plan<\/a> appeared first on Environmental Defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":715,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,2175,478,2176,2177,529],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8047,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8046\/revisions\/8047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}