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The recent North American Leaders’ Summit saw a significant step forward for methane reductions. Taking a continental approach to climate action, Mexico signed on to Canada and the U.S.’s previous agreement of achieving 45 per cent methane reductions by 2025.
This kind of strong action on methane is something the Pembina Institute has been working towards for a long time. Now that the targets are in place, how do we reach that goal? The answer is easily, cheaply and quickly — if industry and government move forward soon with the right decisions. Making improvements to oil and gas equipment and facilities that leak or release methane is easy and cheap, and would enable the oil and gas sector to contribute their share in reducing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. As pointed out in a recent CBC article, attention now needs to turn towards regulations.
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