Ottawa Cedes Authority Over GHG Emissions in Impact Assessment Act Amendments

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Canadian Press with files from the Energy Mix

Simon Hopkins and Mia Rabson, Canadian Press with files from the Energy Mix

Environmental groups say the Liberal government is giving up its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) through proposed amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA).

“We are concerned that the government is not fully living up to its responsibility to protect Canadians and the environment from the climate impacts of major projects,” the groups wrote Wednesday in an open letter to cabinet.

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