Opinion: Alberta’s government needs to tell us the cost of its net-zero pledge
Research suggests industrial carbon prices would have to rise as high as $371/tonne, which would have serious economic and fiscal costs
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The rest of the country may not realize it but Alberta is formally committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions (NZE) by 2050. Premier Danielle Smith has been pitching the policy since July 2022, reaffirmed it in the province’s 2023 climate change plan, and officially signed on to it, along with the federal Liberals, as one of the headline items of the Canada-Alberta MOU.
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In the MOU, the Smith government also agreed to work with the federal Liberals on long-term effective carbon prices in Alberta. So, what........
