Canada is ramping up its climate battle by strengthening its regulations for methane, a greenhouse gas that environmental experts say has a more potent warming effect than carbon dioxide, as the country aims to reduce oil and gas methane emissions by at least 75 per cent by 2030.
Our emissions have been flat since the 2000s even though our population has grown by 30% since then:
Therefore our per-capita emissions have dropped by nearly 30%:
In Ontario for example, we’ve paid dearly for this by closing coal fired plants and paying higher electricity bills so it’s important to acknowledge.