Natural gas isn't a long-term answer to lowering greenhouse gas emissions, a new report says. Here, the Rowan Gorilla III is loaded onto a semi-submersible heavy lift ship in Halifax harbour last January after drilling on the Deep Panuke natural gas development offshore Nova Scotia. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)
By Max Paris,
Natural gas is not a "transition" fuel to a low-carbon energy future, says a report from two of Canada's most respected environmental think-tanks.
Switching from coal to natural gas could help meet Canada's short-term goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 17 per cent from 2005 levels by 2020. But if that's the only change Canada makes, the 2050 targets — an 80 per cent greenhouse gas reduction — would be almost impossible to achieve.
"In the end, natural gas isn't actually a transition fuel. It's something that could actually delay action on climate change," said Dale Marshall, climate change policy analyst for the David Suzuki Foundation.
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