{"id":6693,"date":"2024-04-02T14:42:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=6693"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:42:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:42:59","slug":"province-submits-alternative-to-carbon-tax-plan-to-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/province-submits-alternative-to-carbon-tax-plan-to-feds\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Submits Alternative to Carbon Tax Plan to Feds."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Premier Tim Houston has submitted a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the Government of Canada and has made it clear that the Government of Nova Scotia is fighting climate change without a carbon tax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The submission titled Still Better than a Carbon Tax was submitted Thursday, March 28th, and is available online:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechange.novascotia.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/still-better-than-carbon-tax-plan.pdf\">https:\/\/climatechange.novascotia.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/still-better-than-carbon-tax-plan.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis plan will do more to address climate change than any carbon tax,\u201d said Premier Houston. \u201cThere is no question that climate change is causing more frequent and severe storms, wildfires, floods and other emergencies that threaten the safety of Nova Scotians and our communities. But our plan proves we can achieve these goals without hurting struggling Nova Scotians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Still Better than a Carbon Tax Plan combines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Future of Nova Scotia\u2019s Coastline \u2013 Nova Scotia\u2019s coastal protection action plan helps coastal residents and communities prepare and mitigate climate risk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our Climate, Our Future: Nova Scotia\u2019s Climate Change Plan for Clean Growth \u2013 the plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the province\u2019s ability to be responsive and prepared for climate change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nova Scotia\u2019s 2030 Clean Power Plan \u2013 a path to reach at least 80 per cent renewable electricity by 2030 and then net zero by 2050<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nova Scotia\u2019s Green Hydrogen Action Plan \u2013 a road map to support the emergence of a sector that makes best use of the province\u2019s natural resources to produce green hydrogen and hydrogen derivatives for export and for domestic use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotia\u2019s Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act also commits Nova Scotia \u2013 in legislation \u2013 to the strongest 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in the country and includes actions that will help the province meet and exceed them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The action plans noted above and more information about how Nova Scotia is fighting climate change are available at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climatechange.novascotia.ca\/what-ns-is-doing\">https:\/\/climatechange.novascotia.ca\/what-ns-is-doing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Premier Tim Houston has submitted a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to the Government of Canada and has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6694,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6693\/revisions\/6694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}