In this article – “Carbon capture and hydrogen development central to Western Canada’s energy transition” – we discuss how Canada’s goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 has contributed to a transition in the country’s energy sector toward new technologies and processes like carbon capture and blue hydrogen, and the anticipated impacts of those developments on other sectors of the economy. We also take a look at the ways the Western provinces are encouraging this transition through tax incentives, carbon credits, and more.

This article is authored by Sander Duncanson, who is a partner in Osler’s Regulatory, Environmental, Indigenous and Land Group; Paula Olexiuk, a partner in the Energy Group; Dana Saric, a partner in the Banking and Financial Services Group; Jessica Kennedy, an associate in the Regulatory, Environmental, Indigenous and Land Group; and Maeve O’Neill Sanger, an associate in the Litigation group.

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