Canada delays fuel standard regulations to reduce gasoline, diesel emissions

Fuel standard regulations to start later reduce emissions from gasoline, diesel and other fuels.

There is no doubt that there is the capacity to invest in clean options.

The federal government is trying to reduce fuel emissions by 2030 based on how much money the companies are now making, despite the fact that they are delaying new emissions standards on gasoline and diesel another year.

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Cabinet approved the final regulations for the long-awaited Clean Fuel Standard last week, and The Canadian Press obtained them today ahead of their intended publication on July 6.

The Clean Fuel Standard was first promised in 2016 and was supposed to be implemented this year, but the final regulations say the first compliance check will now be in December 2023.

The emissions intensity of gasoline and diesel need to fall more than 3.5 per cent by the end of next year, and emissions need to be down 15 per cent by 2030, according to the new rules.

In 2020, the federal government said it would scale back the standard in the early years, as oil and gas companies reeled from a pandemic.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault s office says companies are making record profits and there is no doubt that there is the capacity to invest in clean options.