Oh, Foolish Conservative Voters
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Big surprise; Stephen Harper is cutting climate change funding. Let's hope he's pursuaded against this...
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Patience is a virtue, unless you’re talking about climate change. Young Canadians who attended the Montreal UN Climate Change Conference last December are fed up with waiting for action from the federal government. As of last week, the government cut a significant portion of climate change funding across the country, slashing much more than just the One Tonne Challenge.
A group of top Canadian climate scientists and oceanographers is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to develop a national strategy on climate change.
The 90 researchers sent a letter to Harper on Wednesday, April 19 in support of international studies that highlight the role of humans in global warming and the need for action. The letter cites several examples of warming, such as the rapid rise in Arctic temperatures.
Harper has said repeatedly that Canada can't meet its commitments under the Kyoto climate-change protocol and will instead come up with a "made-in-Canada" plan to cut pollution and greenhouse gases.
Environment Minister Rona Ambrose said this month that the Kyoto targets - cutting emissions six per cent below 1990 levels by 2012 - are "impossible" to meet and Canada must set more realistic goals.
Last week, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn issued a news release saying 15 climate programs were being eliminated because they had run their course.
And the cuts are not expected to stop there.
Media reports said the Conservatives plan to cut 80 per cent of Environment Canada programs aimed at curbing global warming, and slash climate-change budgets in other government departments by 40 per cent.
Environmentalists across Canada say the opposition parties should defeat the government if it abandons the effort to meet Canada's Kyoto commitments.
They say Canada can meet its emissions-cutting target under the Kyoto Protocol despite government claims to the contrary.
Big surprise; Stephen Harper is cutting climate change funding. Let's hope he's pursuaded against this...
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Patience is a virtue, unless you’re talking about climate change. Young Canadians who attended the Montreal UN Climate Change Conference last December are fed up with waiting for action from the federal government. As of last week, the government cut a significant portion of climate change funding across the country, slashing much more than just the One Tonne Challenge.
A group of top Canadian climate scientists and oceanographers is calling on Prime Minister Stephen Harper to develop a national strategy on climate change.
The 90 researchers sent a letter to Harper on Wednesday, April 19 in support of international studies that highlight the role of humans in global warming and the need for action. The letter cites several examples of warming, such as the rapid rise in Arctic temperatures.
Harper has said repeatedly that Canada can't meet its commitments under the Kyoto climate-change protocol and will instead come up with a "made-in-Canada" plan to cut pollution and greenhouse gases.
Environment Minister Rona Ambrose said this month that the Kyoto targets - cutting emissions six per cent below 1990 levels by 2012 - are "impossible" to meet and Canada must set more realistic goals.
Last week, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn issued a news release saying 15 climate programs were being eliminated because they had run their course.
And the cuts are not expected to stop there.
Media reports said the Conservatives plan to cut 80 per cent of Environment Canada programs aimed at curbing global warming, and slash climate-change budgets in other government departments by 40 per cent.
Environmentalists across Canada say the opposition parties should defeat the government if it abandons the effort to meet Canada's Kyoto commitments.
They say Canada can meet its emissions-cutting target under the Kyoto Protocol despite government claims to the contrary.
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