Winter Park Town Council sets emission reduction targets, approves several contracts for town projects

Winter Park Town Council sets emission reduction targets, approves several contracts for town projects

The Winter Park Town Council adopted new goals for emissions reductions at its April 1 meeting. They also approved several contracts of service for the town and finalized a development proposal continued from its March 18 meeting. Winter Park will seek to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2023 levels by 2030 and to net-zero by 2050. These targets are based on current emissions levels reported in the 2023 Community Greenhouse Gas In…

Federal emissions cap may limit LNG despite BC easing net-zero targets

Even as the BC NDP quietly relaxed its net-zero emission policy on LNG, federal Liberal leader Mark Carney has vowed to impose a greenhouse gas emissions cap on Canada’s oil and gas industry, causing unrest in the west as it threatens to limit access to northeast B.C. shale gas reserves vast enough to supply the Pacific Rim for hundreds of years. The 2025 federal election has already seen the abrupt end of Canada’s retail carbon tax, with B.C. s…

The KJ Show #124: Net Zero's Demise

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B.C. weakens net-zero emissions policy for new LNG terminals

Instead of producing net-zero emissions by 2030, proponents of LNG facilities will now only need to provide a 'credible plan' to achieve the target, according to a letter from B.C.'s energy minister