Pollution Probe’s executive director, Bob Oliver, was quick to offer his support of the federal government’s announcement of new draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new passenger vehicles and light trucks beginning with the 2011 model year.
“Transportation is the source of one quarter of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions,” says Oliver. “The draft regulations announced by Environment Canada marks the first regulatory action taken by the federal government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
Pollution Probe has urged the government in the past to consider the benefits of a vehicle size-based approach to assigning fuel efficiency or greehouse emissions targets to industry, consistent with the approach pioneered by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Pollution Probe will continue to press for a policy package that serves to realize the opportunities to maximize automobile fuel efficiency and minimize greenhouse gas emissions in Canada.
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