US and Russia fuelling separatist debate in Canada, new report says - BBC

The oil and gas sector has been, and continues to be, the largest source of emissions in Canada (Figure 1) mainly due to oilsands growth. Despite this, and amid global actions to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the governments of Canada and Alberta intend to increase oilsands exports and have weakened climate policies. If these actions move ahead, they will result in an increase in emissions and place an additional burden to reduce emissions onto other areas of the economy. For the past decade, the governments of Alberta and Canada have been developing policies that would enable oil and gas growth while looking to constrain or even reduce net emissions. In the past few months, the governments have rolled back many of these climate policies. Further, they're now investing taxpayer dollars into risky infrastructure projects that lack a strong market outlook and will compromise Canada's ability to reach net zero by 2050. In 2024, the oil and gas sector accounted for 30% of national greenhouse gas emissions.