Friday, September 7, 2012

New government may raise Quebec's carbon target

Reuters: Quebec's new government would not change the province's plans to launch a carbon market that would link to California's next year, but its new leadership may try to raise its target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The left-leaning, separatist Parti Quebecois (PQ) last week won 54 out of 125 seats in the Canadian province's legislature, giving it a narrow four-seat edge over the incumbent Liberal party and control of a minority government. While the PQ's...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/07/us-quebec-carbon-idUSBRE8860AW20120907?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

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