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Saskatchewan’s carbon emissions are currently going up.

Premier Scott Moe, like his predecessor Brad Wall, continues to oppose putting a price on carbon, in spite of the federal government’s desire to put a cost on the pollutants.

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In responding online earlier this week to federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna, Moe said on social media Saskatchewan “is reducing emissions without (a carbon tax).”

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But by the province’s own admission, emissions in Saskatchewan will hit record-high levels in 2020 — more than 15 million tonnes of carbon dioxide — before they start going down.

SaskPower’s 2016-17 annual report, released last summer, states, “We will see our emissions profile rise slightly until 2020.”

Saskatchewan’s own climate change plan, known as Prairie Resilience, was released after that report came out, but according to SaskPower it does not change the rise in emissions.