Alberta Considers Emissions Rules to Win Support for Oil
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Alberta is still considering raising its price on carbon when it revamps its climate-change policy to win support for its oil sector, the fastest-growing source of global warming in the country.
The Canadian province plans to release new regulations on emissions “in the near future” Robin Campbell, Alberta’s environment minister, said in a phone interview. A higher carbon price would mark a shift from former Premier Alison Redford who put said Alberta wouldn’t enact new greenhouse gas rules until the U.S. does.