Alberta, Ottawa finalize carbon pricing framework targeting $130/tonne by 2040

Alberta and the federal government have finalized details on their energy accord, establishing a path to increase the carbon cost industry emitters truly bear to $130 per tonne by 2040. The agreement, signed by Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney, addresses one of the last remaining loose threads from last year's memorandum of understanding and includes measures to give industry 'skin in the game' on climate accountability.