Glaciers there have been receding ever since John Muir first publicized them in the 19th century. Much of the FOX documentary is filmed in Alaska, and there is considerable footage of retreating glaciers at Glacier Bay National Park in the southeastern part of the state. Like all of its trading partners, Canada will seek to make use of the provisions of the Protocol that allow it to lower costs while achieving its environmental goals.
This investment, along with the $625 million over five years announced in Budget 2000, results in a total commitment of $1.1 billion to address climate change over the next five years, and builds on the $850 million that the Government of Canada spent during the previous five years.Ĭanada wants to meet its Kyoto target in an environmentally credible and cost-effective manner. The Government of Canada is investing $500 million in Action Plan 2000. Canada will decide how it will fully meet its target when agreement has been reached on the rules to implement the Kyoto Protocol and it is clear how our major trading partners plan to proceed. With all governments working together and in partnership with the private sector and stakeholders, these actions will take Canada even further towards its ?6 per cent goal. Last October most provincial and territorial governments also indicated the actions they are planning to take in their jurisdictions. The measures in Action Plan 2000 will take us one third of the way to our target. The Government of Canada is taking concrete action to address climate change. It will also create opportunities for investment in new advanced technologies.
Not only will this contribute to the global climate change effort, but this will also bring other environmental benefits to Canadians such as cleaner air. sourceĬanada's intends to achieve the majority of its GHG reductions through actions taken domestically. For example, even the Sierra Club of Canada admitted in its 2004 report card that Canada "has made little progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions." Aftenposten reported in September that Norway's "greenhouse gases" had actually increased. But what the report left out is that other nations won't meet Kyoto goals, either. never signed on to the treaty, that is irrelevant. to realistically meet its Kyoto goals." Since the U.S. * The report quoted Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University, who claimed, "It's become too late for the U.S. And it wasn't only the Bush White House that rejected the treaty, either - that was a 95-0 Senate vote. The agency also predicted signing the treaty would cause widespread employment loss nationwide ranging from 1.1 million to 4.9 million jobs.
According to EIA, Kyoto would cost the United States between $225 billion to more than $400 billion per year. They come from the government's Energy Information Administration and were calculated during the Clinton administration. Actually, the massive cost and job loss figures for Kyoto don't come from the Bush White House. "But the Bush White House said Kyoto would cost companies and the American taxpayers too much money," he added. * He quoted former President Bill Clinton advocating for Kyoto. received the strongest sanction and was required to cut emissions 7 percent below 1990 levels - nearly 20 percent below 2004 estimates. * Folbaum claimed that "Eight years ago, the Kyoto Protocol was pushed as a solution. In addition to the one-sided propaganda of the Fox broadcast, there were several factual errors: Some Errors That Slipped Into the Broadcast