The Government of Canada’s plan to regulate both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants from industrial emitters will pave the way for a cleaner, healthier environment.
Released on April 26, 2007, the Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollution will:
- Impose mandatory targets on industry to achieve a goal of an absolute reduction of 150 megatonnes in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
- Impose targets on industry so that air pollution from industry is cut in half by 2015.
- Regulate the fuel efficiency of cars and light duty trucks, beginning with the 2011 model year.
- Strengthen energy efficiency standards for a number of energy-using products, including light bulbs.
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