The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday, Oct. 28, edition that a report from the Pembina Institute
finds flaws in the British Columbia
government's claim that
exporting liquefied natural gas is
the greatest single step the province
can take to fight climate
change.
A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the government has said shipping
LNG from B.C. to Asia would
help cut the use of coal, which
emits higher greenhouse gas
emissions.
The report, however, released Monday
said only strong climate-change
policies will limit the output of
emissions, and without those policies,
the use of coal and natural
gas will increase over the next few
decades.
Josha MacNab, co-author of the
report with Matt Horne, said they
have not seen any evidence to support
Premier Christy Clark's claim
that exporting LNG will cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
In fact, she said, their research
indicates "these claims are inaccurate."
She said, "The reality is that it's actually
climate policy, not the production
of natural gas, or the availability
of natural gas, that will determine
our trajectory toward dangerous
climate change and the mix of fuels
that will avoid this outcome."
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