Canada Quits Kyoto Protocol

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Michael Tobis • 1 Comment

Canada officially renounced the expiring Kyoto Protocol on Monday, a day after international negotiators agreed to extend the treaty’s limits on carbon emissions blamed for a warming climate.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government has long opposed the Kyoto protocol and has refused to implement it since taking office in 2006.

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One Response to Canada Quits Kyoto Protocol

  1. Manuel "Moe" G. says:
    December 13, 2011 at 10:39 am

    Oil Shale. Worse than dirty coal. People will look back fondly on the Saudis.

    I cannot blame them for this particular action – Kyoto without the US and China on board would do very little.

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