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Premier-designate Rachel Notley promises to stop lobbying for pipelines
Alberta election could break climate change logjam in Canadasnip...Notley is short on specifics so far, but has promised her government will step back from its role as cheerleader for the industry and will no longer lobby for the Northern Gateway and the Keystone XL pipelines.
Alberta's shift could also mean the federal Conservative government finding itself increasingly isolated. It's losing a close ally in Alberta that used to share its go-slow approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
"This is the new dynamic" said David McLaughlin, an adviser on sustainability in the environment faculty at the University of Waterloo.
McLaughlin predicts Alberta could join forces with Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, which are now taking the lead on climate and pushing for a more national approach to pricing carbon.
"If Alberta decides to take the federal government to the woodshed and say, 'Look you need to do more,' then that is a dramatic shift," said McLaughlin in an interview.
"The federal government used to be able to count on Alberta being in its corner; they can't count on that in the same way."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alberta-election-could-break-climate-change-logjam-in-canada-1.3067073Alberta's shift could also mean the federal Conservative government finding itself increasingly isolated. It's losing a close ally in Alberta that used to share its go-slow approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
"This is the new dynamic" said David McLaughlin, an adviser on sustainability in the environment faculty at the University of Waterloo.
McLaughlin predicts Alberta could join forces with Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, which are now taking the lead on climate and pushing for a more national approach to pricing carbon.
"If Alberta decides to take the federal government to the woodshed and say, 'Look you need to do more,' then that is a dramatic shift," said McLaughlin in an interview.
"The federal government used to be able to count on Alberta being in its corner; they can't count on that in the same way."