ANALYSIS | Why a Tonne of Industrial Carbon Costs $95 in Alberta but Credits Sell for Less than $20

ANALYSIS | Why a tonne of industrial carbon costs $95 in Alberta but credits sell for less than $20

A key part of the pipeline deal between Alberta and Ottawa is a “minimum effective credit price of $130 per tonne” on industrial carbon emissions, but already the two levels of government are talking about that figure in different ways. The rhetoric is confusing at best; contradictory at worst. And it raises questions about how much understanding there truly is between the two parties.

Here’s the problem with Canada’s ‘industrial carbon price’

The success of Carney’s gambit on pipelines could come down to what agreement Ottawa can reach on how much to charge for greenhouse gas emissions.