The Athabasca Oil Sands along the Athabasca River in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. dan_prat / iStock / Getty Images Plus
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The Canadian government has issued a draft of new regulations for greenhouse gas emissions produced by oil and gas. The rules would limit Canada’s emissions to 35 percent below 2019 levels by 2030.
Most fossil fuels coming from Canada are produced in the oil sands of Alberta, with the United States as the largest importer.
“We’re asking the oil and gas sector to invest their record profits into pollution cutting projects,” Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, told a news conference, as The New York…
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