Net zero by 2050, an ever-receding target?

Progress on the energy transition in Canada is highly fragmented, with provinces like Quebec doing more to cut greenhouse gas emissions than provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan, according to a new provincial report card published today by Clean Energy Canada.

Another new report, published yesterday by Clean Prosperity, suggests Canada’s net zero targets can’t be met without substantial amounts of nuclear power.

Meanwhile, the Fraser Institute published an essay earlier this week by Canadian energy expert and science polymath Vaclav Smil that puts the chances of industrialized economies like Canada achieving net zero targets by 2050 at close to zero — i.e. “highly unlikely.”

Federal and provincial energy transition strategies (i.e. switching from greenhouse gas emitting

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