"Last week, the United Kingdom did something all too rare: it chose leadership by backing science and prioritizing public safety. The Labour government announced it would ban new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, strengthen a windfall tax and accelerate phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies. These are not symbolic gestures. They are an acknowledgment that the global energy system is shifting"
"But, at the exact moment the UK stepped forward, Canada stepped back. Ottawa signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Alberta to support a new oil sands pipeline that would facilitate increased production of fossil fuels. The deal would delay methane regulations, cancel an oil and gas emissions cap and exempt the province from clean electricity rules. All this comes as leaders are lifting environmental-assessment requirements for major projects, preparing to weaken greenwashing laws and suspending Canada's electric vehicle sales mandate."
The United Kingdom banned new North Sea oil and gas licences, strengthened a windfall tax and accelerated phasing out of fossil-fuel subsidies. Catastrophic floods in south-east Asia killed more than 1,000 people and displaced over a million, underscoring urgency to transition off fossil fuels. Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Alberta to support a new oil sands pipeline, delaying methane regulations, cancelling an oil and gas emissions cap and exempting the province from clean electricity rules. Federal leaders are lifting environmental-assessment requirements, preparing to weaken greenwashing laws and suspending Canada's electric vehicle sales mandate. Carbon capture and storage has underperformed despite billions in public funding.
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