{"id":950409,"date":"2021-11-01T15:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950409"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:59:36","slug":"the-goal-is-to-break-the-west-trudeau-slammed-for-promise-to-cap-oil-gas-emissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-goal-is-to-break-the-west-trudeau-slammed-for-promise-to-cap-oil-gas-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Goal Is To Break The West\u2019: Trudeau Slammed For Promise To Cap Oil, Gas Emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-goal-is-to-break-the-west-trudeau-slammed-for-promise-to-cap-oil-gas-emissions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950409&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ever-interested in appealing to the political Left, stated that Canada would \u201ccap oil and gas sector emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau boasted, \u201cJust as globally we\u2019ve agreed to a minimum corporate tax, we must work together to ensure it is no longer free to pollute anywhere in the world. That means establishing a shared minimum standard for pricing pollution. Of course, what\u2019s even better than pricing emissions is ensuring that they don\u2019t happen in the first place, which brings me to my next major commitment: We\u2019ll cap oil and gas sector emissions today and ensure they decrease tomorrow at a pace and scale needed to reach net-zero by 2050. That\u2019s no small task for a major oil- and gas-producing country. It\u2019s a big step that\u2019s absolutely necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The goal is to break the West. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F1lSMgX7Hr\">https:\/\/t.co\/F1lSMgX7Hr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 James Lindsay, premium Halloween costume (NSFW) (@ConceptualJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ConceptualJames\/status\/1455228415670431748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trudeau also gave a sop to the youth of the world, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/equilibrium-sustainability\/579424-trudeau-calls-upon-world-leaders-to-make-polluters-pay\">The Hill<\/a>, gushing, \u201cOver the next two weeks, we must demonstrate how we\u2019ll deliver on the promise of Paris with transparency and accountability to the world\u2019s most vulnerable who need us to act to Indigenous people who can show us the way. To young people marching in our streets in cities around the world \u2014 we hear you. It\u2019s true. Your leaders need to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Richard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-liberals-pledge-cap-on-oil-sector-emissions\/\">said<\/a> of Trudeau\u2019s Liberal Party planning to cut emissions by 40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and their proposal to require a 75-per-cent cut below 2012 levels on methane emissions by 2030, \u201cThere is great concern that the move to a \u2018just transition\u2019 is code for shutting down the oil and gas sector, rather than allowing the sector to innovate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is what needs to happen to address climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He opined that if Canada reduced the size of the oil and gas sector while demand for the product was still extant, the policy would only benefit other oil-producing countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2021\/10\/27\/steven-guilbeault-environment-minister-canada\/\">reported<\/a> last week of Trudeau\u2019s decision to pick an activist once called \u201cGreen Jesus\u201d to be environment and climate change minister:<\/p>\n<p><em>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a post-election overhaul of his government on Tuesday, naming a former Greenpeace activist dubbed \u201cGreen Jesus\u201d as environment and climate<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, on Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, ever-interested in appealing to the political Left, stated that Canada would \u201ccap oil and gas sector emissions.\u201dTrudeau boasted, \u201cJust as globally we\u2019ve agreed to a minimum corporate tax, we must work together to ensure it is no longer free to pollute anywhere in the world. That means establishing a shared minimum standard for pricing pollution. Of course, what\u2019s even better than pricing emissions is ensuring that they don\u2019t happen in the first place, which brings me to my next major commitment: We\u2019ll cap oil and gas sector emissions today and ensure they decrease tomorrow at a pace and scale needed to reach net-zero by 2050. That\u2019s no small task for a major oil- and gas-producing country. It\u2019s a big step that\u2019s absolutely necessary.\u201dThe goal is to break the West. https:\/\/t.co\/F1lSMgX7Hr\u2014 James Lindsay, premium Halloween costume (NSFW) (@ConceptualJames) November 1, 2021Trudeau also gave a sop to the youth of the world, according to The Hill, gushing, \u201cOver the next two weeks, we must demonstrate how we\u2019ll deliver on the promise of Paris with transparency and accountability to the world\u2019s most vulnerable who need us to act to Indigenous people who can show us the way. To young people marching in our streets in cities around the world \u2014 we hear you. It\u2019s true. Your leaders need to do better.\u201dRichard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary, said of Trudeau\u2019s Liberal Party planning to cut emissions by 40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and their proposal to require a 75-per-cent cut below 2012 levels on methane emissions by 2030, \u201cThere is great concern that the move to a \u2018just transition\u2019 is code for shutting down the oil and gas sector, rather than allowing the sector to innovate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is what needs to happen to address climate change.\u201dHe opined that if Canada reduced the size of the oil and gas sector while demand for the product was still extant, the policy would only benefit other oil-producing countries.The Washington Post reported last week of Trudeau\u2019s decision to pick an activist once called \u201cGreen Jesus\u201d to be environment and climate change minister:Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a post-election overhaul of his government on Tuesday, naming a former Greenpeace activist dubbed \u201cGreen Jesus\u201d as environment and climate change minister in a move that has caused consternation in the country\u2019s oil-rich west. The appointment, just days out from a United Nations climate summit, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland, suggests Trudeau \u2014 who had previously\u00a0offered support\u00a0for the country\u2019s oil and gas industry while also implementing measures such as a carbon tax \u2014 is coming down firmly on the side of climate action.\u201cGuilbeault, nicknamed the \u2018Green Jesus of Montreal\u2019 by Quebec newspaper La Presse,\u00a0once scaled\u00a0Toronto\u2019s CN Tower to unveil a banner that denounced Canada and then-President George W. Bush as \u2018climate killers,\u2019\u201d The Post added.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}