May 23, 2006
GOOD ENOUGH FOR W, HOWARD, SINGH, & KOIZUMI...:
Ottawa seeks help finding Kyoto alternative (BRIAN LAGHI, 5/23/06, Globe and Mail)
The Conservatives will move today to blunt criticism that they have forsaken the Kyoto accord by asking provinces to help develop a plan to boost ethanol production as part of a made-in-Canada plan to reduce greenhouse gas.Posted by Orrin Judd at May 23, 2006 10:25 AMFederal cabinet ministers will meet with provincial counterparts in Regina to kick-start an initiative to keep a Tory pledge that would raise to 5 per cent the amount of ethanol used in gasoline. Experts say ethanol fuel, most of which is derived from corn and agricultural crops, would contribute to efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The meeting comes as the Conservative government continued to come under fire from international environmental groups yesterday and the European Community urged Canada to respect goals the Liberals previously agreed to under the Kyoto accord.
"...urged Canada to respect goals the Liberals previously agreed to under the Kyoto accord."
Not that the Grits were doing anything at all to actually meet those goals, mind you. Just that they had agreed to them before utterly ignoring them and increasing their emissions far past those of the US.
Posted by: John Thacker at May 23, 2006 11:03 AM