- Pledges to generate half of the province’s electricity from renewable energy by 2030 (twice the amount it does now), through solar, wind, and geothermal (1)
- Opposed NDP-introduced legislation in 2015 to mandate that the province generate half of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 (1)
- Believes that some form of carbon pricing could eventually be put into place so long as the funds went into a provincial technology fund for projects such as carbon capture and storage (2)
- Passed a law in 2011 that would have made heavy industrial polluters pay into a green technology fund, but then never implemented it (2)
- Believes climate change action should be focused on technology and innovation and not taxation or restrictions on fossil fuels industry (3)
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- Introduced legislation in 2015 that would mandate that the province generate half of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 (it was defeated due to opposition by the Saskatchewan Party) (1)
- Pledges to implement a new technology fund with a price on carbon for major emitters with compliance payments used to fund renewable energy innovation here in Saskatchewan (1, 3, 4)
- Pledges to increase the use of clean power in Saskatchewan (4)
- Believes the government has spent far too much money on carbon capture technology without it producing sufficient results (5)
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- Will mandate that SaskPower purchase locally produced renewable energy at a fair market rate from individuals and businesses (6)
- Will offer an income tax rebate to homeowners, businesses, and farms to cover up to 25% of the costs of installing solar or wind generation facilities (6)
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- Pledges to help citizens and businesses create and sell surplus renewable power they produce SaskPower by the use of a feed-in tariff to create a long-term green energy grid (7, 8)
- Pledges to foster solar, wind, and geothermal energy development in the province (7)
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