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Oil and gas emissions dropped in 2025 despite increased production: report
The Canadian Climate Institute said lower emissions from conventional extraction and downstream activity offset higher oilsands output and kept sector emissions down.
- On Thursday, The Canadian Climate Institute released its annual report showing Canada's total emissions rose one per cent to 691 million tonnes, driven by increased natural gas reliance for home heating.
- Although Canada's oil and gas sector reduced emissions, a reduction of 1.3 million tonnes in conventional extraction offset an 844,000 tonne increase from oilsands, yet overall national emissions climbed.
- Buildings were the primary driver of the emissions increase, according to The Canadian Climate Institute, and Canada remains just 9.5 per cent below 2005 levels, falling significantly short of Paris climate change accord targets.
- Acting director of 440 Megatonnes Ross Fraser-Minten noted policy shifts like weakened industrial carbon pricing and delayed methane regulations under Prime Minister Mark Carney's government risk pushing emissions further in the wrong direction.
- Canada may be 20 years behind its emission goals, Fraser-Minten warned, adding, "We might be as much as 20 years behind." Experts fear eliminating clean electricity regulations will hinder net-zero targets.
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Oil and gas emissions dropped in 2025 despite increased production: report
OTTAWA - Canada's oil and gas sector accounted for a lower level of emissions in 2025, despite boosts in production, while the country's overall emissions ticked up thanks to increased
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