Rising emissions from the oil and gas sector and buildings are overwhelming Canada’s efforts to get its climate pollution under control, the Canadian Climate Institute concludes, in a preliminary analysis of the country’s 2022 emissions data published late last week.
Continued growth in oil and gas emissions accounted for nearly three-quarters of the increase, continuing a “longer-term trend of steadily rising emissions,” the institute warned. “Both sectors have seen substantial increases in carbon emissions since 2005, in contrast with sectors like electricity where emissions have decreased 56% since that time.”
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