Toughest

The toughest aboriginal critic of Canada’s arctic natural gas development as well as the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline has signaled no quarter will be given in the marathon battle over benefits that slowed the project down to a glacial pace.

California’s legislature Thursday put the final exclamation point on the state’s far-reaching move establishing the toughest standards in the nation in an attempt to turn back the clock on greenhouse gas (GHG), or global warming, emissions, passing mandatory reporting and emission limits for electric generation plants, refineries and other major industries (AB 32), along with a ban on adding any new power generation or supply contracts tied to traditional coal-fired power generation (SB 1368).