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Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target
Ontario plans to remove legal emission targets following a youth constitutional challenge and an auditor's report highlighting missed goals and inadequate climate reporting.
- In today's fall economic statement, the Ontario government plans to repeal parts of the 2018 Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, removing requirements to set emissions targets, prepare a climate plan, and issue progress reports.
- Legal rulings show Ontario Superior Court found the 2018 law imposed a duty to fight climate change, and the Court of Appeal for Ontario revived the youth-led case last year for further hearings.
- An auditor general's report earlier this month found Premier Doug Ford's government missed emissions targets by a wider margin and failed to report progress since 2021.
- Alexandru Cioban, press secretary for Minister Todd McCarthy, defended the move, citing investments in transit, energy efficiency and nuclear power and said, `We will continue to make these critical investments that will help grow our economy and protect the environment`.
- The case returns to court next month with youth plaintiffs alleging the revised target could permit 30 additional megatonnes of CO2, roughly seven million more gas-powered cars annually.
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Doug Ford's government proposes to repeal sections of an environmental act that came into force in 2018, according to its fall economic statement.
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Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target
The Ontario government is set to scrap requirements that it set an emissions target and update its climate plan, wiping out key measures for holding the government to account on efforts to fight global warming.
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