Farmers union questions Scott Moe's claim of 'net-zero' agriculture in Sask.

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National Farmer's Union is querying remarks from Premier Scott Moe claiming Sask. agriculture is net-zero in greenhouse gas emissions.

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“It’s a problem that farmers are working to solve and they’re contributing towards the solution, but there’s a lot of work ahead of us.”Saskatchewan produced 10.3 per cent of Canada’s GHG emissions in 2019, edging out Alberta for the highest per capita emissions of the provinces. “We’re not moving toward net-zero,” he said. “We probably never will be in agriculture, because it’s very hard to do that.”Article content

“We’re wanting to make sure that we underscore the urgency of renewed ambitious action and this, unfortunately, completely takes away that urgency,” Qualman said.

 

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NFU is a self described activist organization (not meant to be a negative statement). FYI, here is a link to some research done at the University of Saskatchewan on this topic

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