Ottawa to Require Oil and Gas Emissions to Be Cut by One-Third by 2030

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the emissions cap on oil and gas will ‘establish a pathway to carbon neutrality by 2050.’

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during media availability at the Climate Positive Energy Initiative conference in Toronto on Aug.10, 2023. Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has unveiled the federal government’s oil and gas emissions cap, which will cut emissions in the sector by at least one-third by 2030.

“A promise we took to the Canadian people in the 2021 election was to put a cap on the amount of pollution from Canada’s oil and gas sector, and reduce it at a pace and scale needed to reach carbon neutrality in Canada by 2050. And unlike almost every other sector of our economy, pollution from the oil and gas sector is still going up,” Mr. Guilbeault said during a press conference on Dec. 7 from the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.