The Emissions Cap Must Match Our National Emissions Targets

The national emissions cap must require the oil and gas industry to reduce its emissions by at least 40-45 percent by 2030.

One of this decade’s most important policies for protecting a safe & secure future for Canadians could fail — and oil CEOs are hoping you won’t notice.

In Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season that displaced hundreds of thousands, Imperial Oil’s CEO made a whopping $17.3 million, and instead of reducing emissions to protect the safety of Canadians, he wants to keep the profits rolling. [1-3]

Imperial as part of the Oil Sands Pathways Alliance has been whispering overtime into a few powerful Ministers’ ears in order to decimate the policy to limit their sector’s emissions.

Our latest intel says the cap could be less than the national target even though oil & gas is the worst polluting sector and their emissions continue to rise. [4]

Oil CEOs want the federal government to write this policy to protect their profits — not a livable future for Canadians. To add insult to injury, a huge majority of Canadians actually want a strong cap on oil emissions that makes oil companies do their fair share — 70%, to be exact. [5]

But it’s not over. Every Cabinet member has a say in the policy — and if they see that thousands of Canadians are demanding they act in the best interest of Canadians — we could force a majority of Cabinet to go to bat for a strong and fair emissions cap that doesn’t give a few greedy CEOs a free pass. Anything less than the national goal gives the worst sector special treatment.

We’ve heard the announcement for the cap will come in less than 30 days — and we can’t waste a minute to flood Minister inboxes with our message. Send yours now below.

The oil and gas emissions cap must:

• Reduce emissions immediately: the oil and gas industry must reduce
  emissions significantly by 2025 and reduce its emissions by at least 40-45%
  by 2030.
• Ensure tools of compliance, enforceability and accountability are
  implemented immediately with the cap. There must be no loopholes and strict
  trading rules to ensure that the oil and gas industry is held accountable for
  truly capping emissions.
• Include all emissions from the production and use of oil and gas. All oil
  and gas activities and facilities in Canada, including pipelines, refineries
  and liquefied natural gas export facilities, should be covered by the cap.
• Not cave to the oil and gas lobbying efforts. The industry is beholden to
  shareholders and profit margins. As the government, your responsibility is
  the people and the planet. Their attempts to undermine this policy are
  dangerous.
• The cap should not undermine Canada’s commitment to phasing out fossil
  fuel subsidies.