Globe editorial: No, Canada can’t save the planet by exporting more natural gas

Story continues below advertisementThe hope that Canada can get credit for LNG exports is pinned on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. Article 6 raises the possibility of swapping emissions credits between countries; drawing up the rules for that is a central issue at COP25, the annual United Nations meeting on climate change that ends on Friday in Madrid.

Canada is in the thick of the negotiations, as it has been from the start. Four years ago, Canada’s then environment minister, Catherine McKenna, helped lead talks that led to Article 6, and earlier this year, OttawaBut this month, Jonathan Wilkinson, the new environment minister, backed off. LNG produces “big, big emissions,”

But the main problem is practical. Why would another country hand over credit for lower emissions to Canada? If Country X decides, “Yes, let’s buy Canadian LNG, and let’s not build another coal plant,” why would Country X offer the reduced emissions to Canada rather than book them within its own borders? LNG Canada, an international consortium run by Royal Dutch Shell, will sell gas at market prices. The buyers have no incentive to give Canada anything.

GlobeDebate Take away the tax dollar bail outs from these media outlets. See how comfortable they really are trying to tank our economy

GlobeDebate Canada can’t save the planet by not exporting it. You people in the media are garbage who want everyone to be cold and poor, except for them and the politicians of course.

GlobeDebate Canada was never going to save the planet. I cant stand how full of narcissists this country is

GlobeDebate So. Canada can lower overall greenhouse emissions worldwide with LNG, but because of bureaucracy in the Paris Climate Climate Agreement we will not get credit for it... Sounds like a good reason to get rid of the Paris climate agreement.

GlobeDebate Keepitintheground

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