New regulations for coal-fired electricity
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This article was published 06/09/2012 (5021 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
SASKATOON — Environment Minister Peter Kent has announced long-awaited regulations to curtail emissions from the coal-fired electricity sector and they are already being panned by critics.
The regulations are weaker than the version drafted a year ago.
Kent announced the final regulations in Saskatoon, detailing that new coal plants must emit less than 420 tonnes of carbon dioxide per gigawatt hour of electricity generated.
The standard in the draft version was 375 tonnes. The time allowed for old plants to meet the new standard will be 50 years, instead of the previously proposed 45 years.
Several environmental groups, including the Climate Action Network and the Pembina Institute, issued statements calling the new regulations inadequate.
The Sierra Club said the policy further relaxes “already grossly inadequate regulations for coal-fired power plants.” The new regulations come into force on July 1, 2015.
— The Canadian Press