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Conservative's Clean Air Act Ridiculous!
Arrgh, I'm furious after reading this Toronto Star article on the new legislation being tabled by the Conservatives for the environment.
A goal by 2050 (44 years from now) of reducing emissions to be 45 to 65% less than todays. Wow... a whole 1% or so a year. You think we could do better.
No regulation of industrial polluters for another 4 years. Gotta love the consultation phase.
Intensity targets, what a farce. These don't put a cap on emissions but instead limit energy used per unit of production. How is that going to clean things up?
No mention of Kyoto... yet, we haven't officially pulled out. The Conservative government just doesn't want to look bad on the world stage.
This is all ridiculous. I hope the Conservatives are thoroughly embarrassed. They should make this thing a confidence motion. I hope no opposition parties support this. Arrggh, just makes me mad.
mad ? This is the first Canadian government to ever implement controls on CO2 emissions - and you are angry over it ?
You obviously know nothing about the issue to understand the necessity of large lead times. Building a ladder into the sky is a hard motivator for some.
I'm still mad. Just becuase they're the first Canadidan government to implement something doesn't mean that they should use such long lead times. I think that the recent move's to replace Ambrose show that the government realized that politically they've blundered here. 1% a year is a rediculously low target.
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