'Too much regulation, not enough action': Carney rebuffs Trudeau's climate policies (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

Not enough action? The carbon tax had people foaming at the mouth for 5 straight years.

Meanwhile Carney's climate policy is to 'invest' heavily in a technology that doesn't work in order to offset the optics of doubling oil production.

[-] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 1 day ago

I'm not super comfortable with a lot of what he's saying, but it would be pretty tough to make the case that "not enough action" isn't an accurate statement.

According to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada, the country will fall well short of its 2030 climate goal — just halfway to its target of a 40 to 45 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels.

I'm deeply skeptical that his approach is going to do any better, but I support the idea of boosting investment in clean(er) alternatives. And he did get Alberta to agree to increase their industrial carbon price.