Posted on 12/13/2011 4:57:14 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Canada quits Kyoto climate protocol
Environment minister says global accord intended to tackle global warming "does not represent a way forward for Canada".
Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the country's minister of the environment has said, making it the first nation to pull out of the global treaty.
The protocol "does not represent a way forward for Canada" and would have forced it to take "radical and irresponsible choices", Peter Kent said in Toronto on Monday.
He added that it was a mistake for Canada to have signed up for Kyoto: "As we've said, Kyoto for Canada is in the past ... We are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto."
"The Kyoto protocol does not cover the world's two largest emitters, China and the US, and therefore cannot work," he said.
China, which argues that it should be exempt from emissions reduction targets because it is a developing nation, said Canada's decision was "regrettable" and went against international efforts to tackle climate change.
"We hope Canada will face up to its responsibilities and obligations, honour its commitments and actively participate in relevant international co-operation against climate change," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said.
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Using the US quitting 10 years ago as an excuse. Pitiful.
Giving billions to dictators and despots (mostly Islamic) because of changing weather is stupid.
What's the Chinese word for Chutzpah?
Too bad Canada just can’t come out and call a spade a spade...GCC is a fraud.
* They did 10 yrs ago what we should have, i.e. stated cutting Govt cost.
* They are not afraid to Harvest Timber or Drill Mother Gaia for fuel so they and we don't freeze to death.
* They are consistently lowering Corp Business Taxes and will rachet down to 18% soon if my memory is correct.
It is sad that the US IMHO has lost it's lead on all of the above and Canada becomes an option to escape Oboingo....
I guess eternal airhead Alec Baldwin will have to redirect his (fake) move to a different country.
I tip my hat to Canada. Yeah, it would have been nice for them to publicly label the whole thing BS, but at least they are saying “enough”.
So the Chinese want exemption while everyone else’s hands are tied by Kyoto? How very convenient for them - nice try.
China is such a liar.
Well, they are democrats.
Glad to see someone at the Chinese Foreign Ministry with a sense of humor.
when did we become Canada and Canada become us???
Algore signed on behalf of the United States but it was never submitted to the Senate for ratification.
I assume they noticed it’s still cold in Canada.
HOORAY Canada!
US Senate voted 95-0 against ratification during the Clinton Admin
That wasn't a vote on the actual Kyoto Protocol. That was a sense of the Senate vote telling Billy Jeff not to bother submitting it for ratification.
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