Oil lobby's election wish list would increase energy-sector emissions by 60 per cent
Pollution from oilsands facilities near Fort McMurray waft into the skyline on Feb. 11, 2012. Photo by Kris Krug on Flickr
By Emma McIntosh
Carbon emissions from the energy sector would rise by 60 per cent if lawmakers implemented every policy on the Canadian oil lobby’s election wishlist, a study released Monday found.
The extraordinarily powerful and well-financed Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) is the country’s biggest oil-lobby group, representing major producers, many of which are foreign-owned. The report, published by green charity Environmental Defence, called for leaders of Canada’s major political parties to ignore CAPP’s wishes and push for climate action.
“For the industry to completely ignore the science of climate change and to demand policies that would lead to climate chaos is incredibly irresponsible,” said Dale Marshall, national program director at Environmental Defence.
“In the middle of an election, we’re urging parties to abandon — to disregard — this election wish list, because it really would doom a lot of Canadians to a future that’s less bright than the one we have now.”
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