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The plan would raise Alberta’s industrial carbon price to $130 per tonne by 2040 as Ottawa seeks to advance a West Coast bitumen pipeline.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are meeting in Calgary today to announce an agreement on industrial carbon emission pricing in Alberta.
- The governments pledged in a November memorandum of understanding to adopt a carbon price plan to facilitate construction of a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.
- Sources with knowledge of the discussions indicate the leaders plan to reveal a roadmap for Alberta to raise its industrial emission price to $130 per tonne by 2040.
- Smith and Carney have stated this deal is necessary to convince Alberta's separatist movement not to give up on Canada, framing cooperation as vital for national unity.
- Today's agreement advances their previous commitments, integrating the carbon pricing strategy into the broader framework established to align federal and provincial energy policies.
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Carney, Smith set to make energy announcement
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are to meet today in Calgary, where they're expected to announce an agreement on the future of industrial carbon emission pricing in the province. A source with knowledge of the discussions has said the leaders are expected to reveal a pl...
·Kelowna, Canada
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Canada, Alberta to Raise Carbon Price by 2040, Clearing Hurdle for Pipeline
The Alberta and Canada governments are finalizing an agreement to ramp up the province’s industrial carbon price to C$130 ($95) per metric ton by 2040, a key step toward federal support for a new crude pipeline going to the Pacific coast.
·United States
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Leaning Left15Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution83% Left
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- 83% of the sources lean Left
83% Left
L 83%
C 17%
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