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Coal phase out helps depress Canadian emissions during pandemic-afflicted 2020

Published 22:50 on April 14, 2022  /  Last updated at 22:50 on April 14, 2022  / /  Americas, Canada

Canadian GHG output plunged in 2020 amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the shrinking amount of Alberta coal power helping drive abatement independent of the coronavirus outbreak, according to government data published Thursday.
Canadian GHG output plunged in 2020 amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the shrinking amount of Alberta coal power helping drive abatement independent of the coronavirus outbreak, according to government data published Thursday.


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