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CP NewsAlert: Oil, gas emissions to be cut by at least one-third by 2030

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the oil and gas industry will have to cut emissions by at least one-third by 2030.
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Flares burn off methane and other hydrocarbons at an oil and gas facility in Lenorah, Texas, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. The federal Liberals will finally show details on their long-promised oil-and-gas emissions cap today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, David Goldman

OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the oil and gas industry will have to cut emissions by at least one-third by 2030.

He says a framework outlining the cap, which is being published today, lays out both feasible and constitutional plans to lower emissions from sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s most carbon-intensive sector.

More coming.

The Canadian Press