Tuesday, November 21, 2017

MCKENNA'S COAL-FREE PLANS

While rebuking U.S. President Donald Trump's push to revive the coal power industry, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said the federal government has no plans to shutter Canada's coal exports.   Most of Canada's coal exports is in metallurgical coal used in steel, and not the thermal coal used to generate energy.
In Canada, four provinces still depend on coal for electricity: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. McKenna said she is working with these provinces to wean them off, though there are still approximately 42,000 Canadian jobs in the coal industry.


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