Emissions cap puts methane in spotlight; industry says low-hanging fruit already gone

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Oil and gas producers who have already made progress on lowering their methane emissions over the last decade say further large-scale reductions will be tougher to deliver.

The Canadian PressJanetta McKenzie, manager of oil and gas program at Pembina Institute, talks us about the feds unveil energy emission cap plan.

The federal government published new draft regulations Monday that would require oil and gas producers in Canada to cut total greenhouse gas emissions by about one-third over the next eight years. But even though the oilsands are the primary driver of emissions for the industry, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said government modelling suggests that about half of the cuts required under the new rules could come from the conventional, non-oilsands sector.

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