CALGARY – TransCanada says recent Canadian climate change announcements should bolster the case in Washington for building its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline.
The Calgary-based company makes that argument in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry and other American officials as the U.S. regulatory process nears its seventh anniversary.
In the missive, executive vice-president and general counsel Kristine Delkus points to recent climate policy announcements by both the federal and Alberta governments.
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In May, Ottawa announced it aims to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030, though no mention was made of the oilsands crude that Keystone XL would ship.
And last week, Alberta’s new NDP government said it would ratchet up emission reduction targets for large industrial emitters and double its carbon price for those that exceed their allotment.
U.S. President Barack Obama has said Keystone XL would only be in the U.S. national interest if it didn’t significantly worsen climate change.
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