A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa is raising concerns that key climate policies could be opened up to province-by-province negotiation.

Alberta has agreed to strengthen its industrial carbon price, but the deal proposes to suspend clean electricity rules for the province and extend the timeline for it to cut down on highly polluting methane emissions.

The head of the Pembina Institute, an energy transition thinktank, says renegotiating federal climate policies will sow investment uncertainty and delay action.

There's no pipeline on the table, but today's memorandum of understanding commits both the federal government and Alberta to work towards building one to the West Coast.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the deal will help Canada diversify its exports and strengthe

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