Nova Scotians haven't had to pay a carbon tax because of an earlier push to incorporate renewable energy into the grid. We've had a cap and trade program for industrial polluters as a means of dealing with carbon since 2019. And that has kept us from paying extra at the pumps. But that agreement expires in December and the Nova Scotia Environment Minister has yet to announce what the plan is. But he has written to the Federal Minister to say it wouldn't be appropriate to push Nova Scotia into a carbon tax plan. And that is something the Ecology Action Centre (EAC) is denouncing. Kelsey Lane is the advocacy and environmental group's senior climate policy coordinator. She says the letter shows a lack of leadership and accountability on the issue of climate change. And she offers her thoughts on the Progressive Conservative government and the use of energy affordability as a scapegoat for their lack of action on climate change.
