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Quebec carbon market emissions still exceed cap during pandemic-affected 2020

Published 18:43 on October 4, 2021  /  Last updated at 10:59 on October 5, 2021  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, US

Quebec’s WCI-covered GHG emissions declined nearly 10% in 2020 amid coronavirus travel and economic restrictions, but still overshot the allowance budget for the year under the cap-and-trade programme, according to provincial data published Friday.
Quebec’s WCI-covered GHG emissions declined nearly 10% in 2020 amid coronavirus travel and economic restrictions, but still overshot the allowance budget for the year under the cap-and-trade programme, according to provincial data published Friday.


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