Climate change policy in Alberta

July 10, 2014
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Andrew Read
Former Senior Analyst
Backgrounder
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Alberta’s key climate policy, the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation, is due for renewal before December 31, 2014. This backgrounder provides a summary of how the regulation has functioned to date and provides recommendations to improve the current approach.

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Andrew Read
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