Earlier this week, an Alberta newspaper published an article by Nixon calling the new federal plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions “crazy.” READ MORE: The Prime Minister of Alberta calls the targets for the greenhouse gases in Ottawa “fruits”. is committed to fighting them In a letter sent Friday, Guilbeault said Nixon had misread a graph and misrepresented it. “I want to correct the record of what this plan does and does not do,” he wrote. The first sentence of Nixon’s column, published on Saturday, read “Alberta will not accept production cuts in the crazy climate plan released by the Liberal Coalition-NDP”. The story goes on under the ad He supports this by referring to numbers drawn from the federal document. He writes that they are proving that the federal plan is an effort to reduce oil and gas production and economic activity in Alberta that will destroy the quality of life in the province. Trending Stories

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That’s not what the numbers say, Guilbeault wrote. READ MORE: Canada must cut emissions by 42% to meet new targets for 2030, says climate plan Nixon points to the reductions instead referring to differences in projected output with and without the emission reduction plan. The design actually allows the oilpatch to increase production, he said. “Oil production could increase by about one million barrels a day and emissions will remain in line with Canada’s 2030 target for 40 to 45 percent reductions from 2005. The plan focuses on reducing emissions.” . Guilbeault points out that the direction is shared by industry groups such as the Oilsands Pathways Alliance, a coalition of major oil and gas producers. “Informed public debates cannot take place when the fundamental events are completely mischaracterized by public officials,” he wrote. “I respectfully ask that you correct the public record.” Nixon left his comments on Friday. “A reduction in output below projected growth is still a cut,” he said in an email through his spokesman, calling the emission ceilings “masked.” © 2022 The Canadian Press