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McNeil government is moving slow with greenhouse gas reduction plan

Details are wanting, industry is worried, and regional cooperation is sidelined.

April 6, 2018 By Jennifer Henderson

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Nova Scotia continues to resist a sales pitch from Ottawa to sign on to its system for reducing emissions starting in January 2019. That resistance comes despite a warning different carbon pricing regimes within Atlantic Canada could drive up administrative costs for companies such as Irving Oil, Wilson Fuels, Northern Pulp, and Lafarge Cement. Those…

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Filed Under: Featured, Province House, Subscribers only Tagged With: Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, carbon pricing, Dale Beugin, EcoFiscal Commission, Environment Minister Iain Rankin, greenhouse gas emissions, Jason Hollett, Jennifer Henderson, minister for Environment & Climate Change John Moffet

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