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A report from a tribunal appointed by the Saskatchewan Party government says a proposed federal emissions cap and methane regulations would cause severe economic damage.

The tribunal report, struck by Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre, says the mandates would reduce oil and gas production and cause government revenue losses of $43 billion by 2050.

It also says up to 34,000 people would lose their jobs by that year.

The federal draft regulations have proposed a ceiling on oil and gas emissions to slow the effects of climate change.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago

Poor Moe. Neglecting to pay attention for the last 10 years to climate change and the role O&G plays in that has caught him offguard. πŸ™„

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You know what's bad for the economy? A hellscape that can't sustain human life anymore.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Are you sure? With private healthcare, corporate gangs and resource hoarding there's loads of business to be had at the end of the world.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

By 2050, we could change our economy to lean more heavily on our rare-earth and uranium resources, maybe even our solar and wind. We could step into the 21st century, even if it'll be nearly half-over.

Sask has the ability to produce a lot of power from basically everything except for hydro. We could move from coal and oil if we decide to.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

That's the point, no?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Moe should do a report on whether they can save money by just burning all of their trash instead of recycling/waste management. "proper waste management causes economic damage"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Dear Saskatchewan, present a different plan for lowering emissions the same amount or shut. The. Fuck. Up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

34,000 jobs lost over 25 years doesn’t sound like a big deal if the province helps people retrain in to the growing green energy sectors.

I bet half of the people occupying those jobs now will be dead by then anyway.