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Canada orders oil, gas producers to cut emissions by 35 per cent from 2019 levels.

The plan will be implemented through a cap-and-trade system that sets a legal limit on the sector’s emissions and then lets companies buy and sell a limited number of emissions allowances.

The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target to keep global temperature from exceeding 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels.

Environmental lawyers welcome draft regulations to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas sector.

Oil and gas is Canada 's largest source of emissions, representing 31 per cent of the country’s total emissions.

Trump has vowed to increase U.S. production of fossil fuels by easing permitting process for drilling on federal land and would encourage new natural gas pipelines.

Vancouver is looking at requiring almost all new buildings to install rainwater detention tanks.

The proposed amendments aim to reduce the pressure on the city’s aging sewer system by placing more requirements — and more cost — on private buildings.

At least 89 still missing a week after deadly flash-flooding in Spain .