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IISD Conversations on Regulating Carbon Emissions in Canada: Why has Canada been successful at regulating air pollutants and heavy metals, yet less successful in reducing GHGs?

By David Sawyer on July 20, 2012

IISD Conversations sat down with Dr. Nic Rivers, Canada Research Chair in Climate and Energy Policy at the University of Ottawa, to talk about the conditions of policy success and failure and how to rethink regulating carbon emissions in Canada. The conversation explored five key questions.

Why has Canada been successful at regulating air pollutants and heavy metals, yet less successful in reducing GHGs?