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   news:3dCgv.1026718$ka5.525038@fx06.iad...   
   > Edmonton Journal - May 23, 2014   
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   > Albertans want strong action on climate change: poll   
      
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   > World is watching new monitoring agency, environment minister   
   > says   
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   > EDMONTON - The Alberta government should listen to the large   
   > majority that is calling for strong action on climate change â?"   
   > not just the intense closed-door lobbying effort by oil industry,   
   > says the Pembina Institute.   
   >   
   > A new poll by Ipsos-Reid shows that 76 per cent of Albertans want   
   > to see tough action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil   
   > and gas industry, says the Pembinaâ?Ts Simon Dyer.   
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   > Only six per cent were opposed.   
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   > â?oItâ?Ts clear Albertans think we can have strong climate   
   > legislation and a robust energy industry,â?� said Dyer.   
   >   
   > â?oThe government has a strong mandate to act.â?�   
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   > Instead, thanks to oil-industry lobbying in the past 12 months,   
   > the government has watered down its proposals to replace the   
   > current levy on excess greenhouse gases, said Dyer.   
   >   
   > The levy â?" $15-a-tonne on emissions that exceed a required   
   > 12-per-cent reduction per barrel â?" expires in September. Talks   
   > are underway for new regulations expected this fall.   
   >   
   > Under the latest proposal, the levy would double to $30 on   
   > emissions that exceed a required 24-per-cent reduction per barrel   
   > â?" dubbed the â?odouble-doubleâ?� plan.   
   >   
   > Thatâ?Ts weaker than proposals made last year for a $40-a-tonne   
   > levy and 40-per- cent reduction in emissions per barrel, said   
   > Dyer.   
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   > The â?odouble-doubleâ?� proposal is low cost to industry â?" an   
   > estimated five to eight cents a barrel â?" according to recent   
   > analysis, Dyer noted.   
   >   
   > â?oThere is wide support for this, thereâ?Ts no economic   
   > downside, so letâ?Ts get it done,â?� said Dyer, adding heâ?Td   
   > like to see an escalator in the plan.   
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   > Environment Minister Robin Campbell said the province must   
   > improve its environmental performance in the oilsands to meet   
   > international expectations.   
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   > â?oWe know that everyone watches what we do in Alberta,â?� said   
   > Campbell at the official startup of the provinceâ?Ts new   
   > armâ?Ts-length monitoring agency that will track pollution levels   
   > in air, water and on land.   
   >   
   > The new agency â?owill look at the oilsands but also the   
   > refineries east of Edmonton that people have lots of questions   
   > about,â?� said Campbell, adding that its $50-million budget is   
   > not necessarily a hard cap.   
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   > The Alberta Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting Agency, headed   
   > by former environment minister Lorne Taylor, will provide   
   > scientific data on pollution levels across the province. It will   
   > make no recommendations for action; thatâ?Ts up to Alberta   
   > Environment.   
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   > Greg Stringham, spokesman for the Canadian Association of   
   > Petroleum Producers, said the new monitoring agency is a critical   
   > step to improve environmental performance in oilsands by   
   > providing â?ocredible, transparent dataâ?� on pollution levels   
   > that will lead to action.   
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   > â?oAbsolutely it is. Thatâ?Ts how this works,â?� said Stringham.   
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   > â?oWe want to know what the trends are, then you can react, find   
   > out whatâ?Ts causing it and what needs to be done (to reduce the   
   > pollution),â?� he said.   
   >   
   > Stringham said itâ?Ts not yet decided whether the provincial   
   > agency will replace the Joint Oilsands Monitoring (JOSM) agency   
   > set up by the federal government three years ago.   
   >   
   > CAPP would like to see the federal government continue to have a   
   > role in environmental monitoring, he said.   
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