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Reuters: Alberta, home to Canada’s controversial oil sands, said on Sunday it will implement an economywide tax on carbon emissions in 2017, addressing long-standing criticism that it is not doing enough to combat climate change.
The provincial government estimated that the plan, including a pledge to phase out pollution from coal-fired electricity generation by 2030 and limit emissions from the oil-sands industry, would generate $2.25 billion in annual revenue.
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Oil-rich Canadian province to impose tax carbon emissions
Posted by Reuters: Mike De Souza on November 22nd, 2015
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