加拿大允许萨斯喀彻温继续使用燃煤电厂

　　徐金巾 译

　　昨日，加拿大联邦政府表示，已经与萨斯喀彻温省达成协议，允许其在2030年后继续经营燃煤电厂，但必须达到其规定的减排计划。

　　就在上周加拿大联邦政府宣布2030年以前将逐步淘汰燃煤发电计划，激怒了许多煤矿大省，其中萨斯喀彻温省就对政府的环境战略提出强烈抗议。

　　昨天，萨斯喀彻温省和加拿大政府已签署了联合声明。声明中表示允许其在2030年后继续经营燃煤电厂，但必须达到规定的减排计划，并且该省可以根据整个电力系统来满足联邦的排放要求，而不对某一个燃煤电厂进行排放限值。

　　萨斯喀彻温省环境部长科特表示，“萨斯喀彻温省是一个煤矿大省，这些年一直在为减少温室气体排放而努力，走可持续发展的道路。自2005年，温室气体排放已减少40%。这一协议的签订使得该省可以有计划地从燃煤电厂向可再生能源发展。”

　　加拿大环境部长凯瑟琳麦肯纳说，“联邦政府也考虑到萨斯喀彻温省已经在为燃煤电厂减排计划而付出努力，并且已经卓有成效，我们希望给予他们足够的时间去按照计划完成转型。”

　　Canada to allow Saskatchewan to keep burning coal for power

　　Ottawa has struck a deal with Saskatchewan, a fierce critic of its environmental strategy, allowing it to continue running coal-fired electricity plants past 2030 if it makes equivalent cuts elsewhere to greenhouse gas emissions, the governments said on Monday.

　　Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government said last week it would speed up its plan to eliminate traditional coal-fired power by 2030, angering the western province of Saskatchewan, one of a few provinces that burns coal for power.

　　But the Saskatchewan and Canadian governments said in a joint statement that the province could meet federal emissions requirements over time based on its entire electricity system, rather than through regulations on each coal-fired plant.

　　The deal would allow Saskatchewan, a farming and mining province, to continue its plan to cut emissions by 40 percent from 2005 levels by moving to greater use of renewable energy, provincial Environment Minister Scott Moe said.

　　The federal government considered steps that Saskatchewan is already taking in making the agreement, Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said.

　　Ottawa's move away from coal-powered plants is part of its bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions to levels agreed under the Paris climate change accords. Those agreements include imposing a minimum price on carbon emissions by 2018.

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