Canada’s new emissions rules on hold again, Harper says

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Canada is once again delaying emissions regulations in the oil and gas sector, despite major pipeline projects that continue to put intense scrutiny on the energy industry’s environmental track record.

The long-promised federal regulations, most recently due this year, now need to be done “in concert with” the United States, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told Global News in an interview. “So that’s what I’m hoping we’ll be able to do over the next couple of years,” he said.

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Josh Wingrove, Daniel Leblanc & Shawn McCarthy – Globe and Mail – December 19, 2013.

 

 

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