(British Columbia) CleanBC Roadmap 2030

The CleanBC Roadmap is British Columbia's (B.C.) plan to expand and accelerate climate action to meet the province's 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and create a pathway to reach the 2050 net-zero emissions target. The Roadmap builds on existing policies and lays out a series of actions across eight pathways: Low Carbon Energy; Transportation; Buildings; Communities; Industry (including Oil and Gas); Forest Bioeconomy; Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries; and Negative Emission Technologies. 
The following actions will be taken in the oil and gas sector:

• The strengthening of methane policies that will reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector by 75% by 2030 and nearly eliminate all industrial methane emissions by 2035.
• The introduction of a requirement that all new large industrial facilities must have a plan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. 
• The release of a new industrial climate program to ensure that the sectoral target of a 33-38% emissions reduction below 2007 levels in met.
• The commitment to clean up 100% of current orphan wells in B.C. before 2030 through the industry-funded Orphan Site Reclamation Fund.
• The integration of emissions goals into the oil and gas royalty system. 
• The advancement of a provincial approach to carbon capture, utilisation and storage and negative emissions technologies. 

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