The canadian government issues a legal notice to one of its coal manufacturing companies after the government learns that the heating equipment purchased by the company emits a higher level of gases than the level permitted by the environmental protection agency. in this scenario, the coal manufacturing company is in violation of exceeding the level of its emissions.

Scope 2

Explanation:

The response to the climate change requires the action to:

GHG Protocol Corporate Standard classifies the GHG emissions by a company into three ‘scopes’which are -  Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3.

Scope 2 emissions are the indirect emissions from generation of the purchased energy.  

It includes emissions which result from generation of the heat, electricity or steam purchased by Agency from the utility provider.

Hence, the legal notice issued by the Canadian government to coal manufacturing companies is right because heating equipment emits a higher level of gases and this is a violation of Scope 2 emissions.

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