Carbon Province, Hydro Province by Douglas Macdonald - 9781487507213

Carbon Province, Hydro ProvinceThe Challenge of Canadian Energy and Climate Federalism\nAuthor(s): Douglas Macdonald\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487507213, 978-1487507213\nSynopsis\nWhy has Canada been unable to achieve any of its climate-change targets? Part of the reason is that emissions in two provinces, Alberta and Saskatchewan already about half the Canadian total when taken together have been steadily increasing as a result of expanding oil and gas production. Declining emissions in other provinces, such as Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been cancelled out by those western increases. The ultimate explanation for Canadian failure lies in the differing energy interests of the western and eastern provinces, overlaid on the confederation fault-line of western alienation. Climate, energy, and national unity form a toxic mix.\n\n How can Ottawa possibly get all the prov.