Alberta has said the pause was made in response to concerns about the loss of agricultural land and the lack of rules around remediation.
Roger Gagne with Climate Change Alberta speaks during a press conference outside McDougall Centre in Calgary on Wednesday.Alberta has said the decision to pause the approval of new renewable energy projects was made in response to concerns from counties and municipal districts about the loss of agricultural land and the lack of rules around remediation. It is undertaking an inquiry of what safeguards are needed.
Innisfail, another town in central Alberta, has also sent a letter to Smith, pushing for the moratorium to be lifted., representing $33 billion in investment and enough work to give 24,000 people a job for a year.
“The clean energy target is one avenue to engage and excite youth in our province, offering them a chance to be at the forefront of a sustainable future while also providing an avenue for the federal government to create high value job opportunities for those transitioning to clean energy and for young people at the start of their careers,” Kratz said.Advertisement 5“A lot of jobs are being taken over by automation, and that’s been happening for decades, it’s accelerating,” he said.
“A lot of jobs are going to be taken over soon by AI. So those things have nothing to do with the energy transition. And yet the the energy transition is happening.”
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