Alberta to introduce economy-wide carbon tax of $20/ton on January 1, 2017

  • To increase to $30/ton on January 1, 2018
  • Says it will raise C$3 billion annually, once fully implemented
  • Each oil sands operator will be limited to maximum 100 million tons per year for all operations
  • Climate plan will allow total oil sands emissions to grow 40 percent

Reuters with the headlines, and more here

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The plan had been flagged extensively