Larry Hughes

Larry Hughes is a professor and founding fellow at the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Dalhousie University in Halifax. His research includes the study of energy security in energy systems.

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Canada’s carbon pricing systems already need a redesign

Carbon pricing systems, intended to help Canada reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and fund local green projects, have now been established in all provinces and territories across Canada. However, on closer examination, their implementation has …

Emissions targets in the EU and Canada

Last October, the European Union and Canada signed the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA). Shortly thereafter, in early November, both ratified the Paris Agreement on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, committing them to achieving specific …

Five routes for western Canadian oil to get to eastern Canada

Canada is the world’s fourth largest producer of both conventional and unconventional crude oil. Unlike most other major producers, Canada has essentially one export market: the United States. Crude and refined oil exports from Canada …

How one province met Canada’s 2030 emissions reduction target

One of Prime Minister Trudeau’s many commitments at the COP21 climate conference held in Paris in December 2015 was to meet Canada’s intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) emissions reduction target. The target, originally specified by the …

The correlation between GDP and greenhouse gas emissions

For much of the post-Second World War period, the growth of many national economies was closely correlated with an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The strong coupling of economic growth and GHG emissions has …

Using emissions intensity to price CO2 emissions

In January, as part of the federal government’s emissions reduction program, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that it would be imposing a carbon pricing system on any province that does not have an acceptable …