Canada May Save $6.7B by Exiting Kyoto Pact

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Lucrum, Dec 4, 2011.

  1. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...7-billion-bill-by-exiting-kyoto-protocol.html

    I wonder what Gabby would have to say. :D





    "Canada, the country furthest from meeting its commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, may save as much as $6.7 billion by exiting the global climate change agreement and not paying for offset credits.

    The country’s greenhouse-gas emissions are almost a third higher than 1990 levels, and it has a 6 percent CO2 reduction target for the end of 2012. If it couldn’t meet its goal, Canada would have to buy carbon credits, under the rules of the legally binding treaty.

    Canada, which has the world’s third-largest proven oil reserves, would be the first of 191 signatories to the Kyoto Protocol to annul its emission-reduction obligations..."
     
  2. pspr

    pspr

    Canada is making the right moves, unlike our liberally controlled country. It's going to take an ice age before stupid liberals will wake up to the con.
     
  3. Ricter

    Ricter

    We could all save money by not cleaning up after ourselves.
     
  4. The sulfur dioxide from coal-burning power plants will keep the earth cool, preventing global warming. [​IMG]