 The Lower Churchill's two hydroelectric installations at Gull Island and Muskrat Falls will have a combined capacity of over 3,074 MW and have the ability to provide 16.7 TW·h of electricity per year, which is enough to "reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking 3.2 million vehicles off the road each year".According to an Environment Canada document, reported by the "Montreal Gazette", "Media coverage of climate change science, our most high-profile issue, has been reduced by over 80 per cent" from 2007 to 2010.The Canadian government was accused of "muzzling" its scientists, because journalists need to file a request to government officials before being allowed to interview scientists

One prominent policy of the government since its access to power was its position over the Kyoto Accord in which the federal government ratified the Protocol in the late 1990s.