Alberta owns a new record. The province is home to an abandoned and unplugged gas well that leaks methane, an explosive greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere at the highest rate ever recorded in North America.
The process of flaring in the oil and gas industry became a lightning rod in Alberta last week when the federal government unveiled proposed legislative changes to reduce methane emissions in Canada.
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These regulations will be the cornerstone of Canada’s COP28 climate plan, which hopes to reduce emissions by 40 per cent to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030
Canada has been a world leader in regulating methane emissions from its oil and gas sector, putting out regulations well ahead of many other major emitters, but it needs to now update those regulations or risk falling behind the U.S. and Europe, experts say.