ANALYSIS | Why Danielle Smith opposes a federal emissions cap while Alberta has its own on the books | CBC News

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Analysis: Call it zombie legislation. Alberta's Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act gave the government the power to put a 100-megatonne annual cap on the sector's greenhouse gas emissions. But it never passed regulations that would make the cap enforceable.

A printed copy of Alberta's Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act, legislation that gave the government the power to put a 100-megatonne annual cap on the the sector's greenhouse gas emissions.

The Oil Sands Emissions Limit Act — weighing in at a meagre four pages and fewer than 1,000 words — outlines in broad strokes a 100-megatonne annual cap on the province's oilsands operations. Even if it opposes the cap in theory, there's little incentive in practice for the UCP government to undo the legislation.

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