what a week for environmental politics
January 31, 2007 by thinking girl
so apparently, the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse emissions and make our planet viable for future generations is a big old pinko plot to suck money out of rich countries. Really. So says the Prime Minister of Canada, in an official letter leaked today and published on the Liberal’s website.
This is the latest in a series of barbs exchanged this week by the Tories and the Grits. The Tories, for the record, started it with negative ads directed at the Liberal party’s new leader, Stephane Dion, slotted to run during the Superbowl this weekend. Might I remind you that we are NOT in the midst of an election.
Oh, and today, Canada’s Environment Commissioner got fired.
Also, the Sydney Tar Ponds are about to get buried.
Good to know how our elected officials are spending/wasting their time/our money.
China and India are among the biggest polluters of the air, water, and land, yet they are exempt from the Kyoto restrictions.
I would think that it’s easier (less expensive) to get them started on ‘clean’ practices while they are still developing countries.
In fact, China and India contribute more to the ‘global warming’ numbers than do all of Europe and the US (according to AlGore’s own math…).
Shoulung - yes, you’re probably right on that, that it woudl be easier and less expensive to start ecofriendly practices while in the ‘development’ phase.