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Scathing reports reveal decades of Canadian climate failure

A series of scathing reports from Canada’s climate watchdog have laid bare decades of failure to reduce emissions, with the current government tarred with “policy incoherence” across several files.

Federal oil and gas fund ‘vastly’ overestimates emission cuts

A federal program providing financial aid to help struggling oil and gas companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions was “poorly designed” and amounts to little more than a fossil fuel subsidy, a new report reveals.

Natasha Bulowski

On Thursday, Canada's environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco tabled a report which found the emissions reduction fund was poorly designed and projected inaccurate emissions reductions. Photo by Shawn Poirier / Office of the Auditor General of Canada — Canada's environment commissioner Jerry DeMarco tabled a report Friday that found the emissions reduction fund was poorly designed and projected inaccurate emissions reductions. Photo by Shawn Poirier / Office of the Auditor General of Canada

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