EcoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change (EcoTrust)
STATUS:
In Process
TIME FRAME Start:
2007
TIME FRAME End:
DESCRIPTION:
The Canadian federal government announced the EcoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change (EcoTrust) in February, 2007. It is a C$1.5 billion fund that is to co-fund major projects with the provinces to promote clean energy, and to combat climate change, air pollution and greenhouse gases.
EXPERIENCE:
The Government of Alberta has received C$155.9 million (U.S. $122 million) from the Canadian federal government’s EcoTrust for Clean Air and Climate Change (EcoTrust) initiative. That money is to be used to help fund projects that meet EcoTrust’s objectives. Those projects include CCS projects.