Alberta’s new NDP government will boost the province’s existing carbon levy on large emitters starting in 2016 in the first step toward a broader climate change plan. Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced Thursday the existing $15 per tonne levy will increase to $20 per tonne next year and $30 per tonne in 2017.
The system introduced by the former Tory government requires industrial facilities that emit more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per year to cut emissions intensity by 12 per cent below a baseline. Under the NDP’s plan, that target will stay the same this year, but increase to 15 per cent in 2016 and 20 per cent in 2017.
Phillips said these are meaningful steps toward a better climate change strategy for Alberta.
James Wood – Calgary Herald – June 25, 2015.
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