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Estimating Upstream GHG Emissions

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On Saturday, March 19, 2015, the ECCC published its proposed methodology for estimating the upstream GHG emissions associated with "major oil and gas projects" undergoing federal environmental assessments in the Canada Gazette.

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On Saturday, March 19, 2015, the Department of Environment and Climate Change Canada ("ECCC") published its proposed methodology for estimating the upstream greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions associated with "major oil and gas projects" undergoing federal environmental assessments ("proposed methodology") in the Canada Gazette.

The Government of Canada ("GOC") announced in late January that it intended to "restore confidence in Canada's environmental assessment processes". Dentons' commentary on that announcement can be found here. As part of that announcement, the GOC articulated five principles for how it would exercise its discretionary decision making authority for projects undergoing federal environmental assessments. Among the five principles was a commitment to assess "upstream greenhouse gas emissions linked to projects under review". The proposed methodology published in the Canada Gazette has not yet been finalized. Interested parties, including industry

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