“We will continue to have a strong economy while meeting the 2020 [climate] targets … and we will meet those.”
It was a bewildering statement, like something out of a poorly scripted political drama. The idea that within the next five years, Alberta — the province responsible for over 35 per cent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2012 — would meet its emissions targets would be laughable if it weren’t so pathetic.
But that’s what was said.
And by Diana McQueen, a former minister of environment, no less. By the very person who’s now leading the revision (Read more…)