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Canada-wide and BC commitments on climate change move to back burner as economic self-interest takes over

August 16, 2012 by Lisa Barrett | Filed in: Climate Change News Stories

Emission reduction targets (half of what Canada needs to achieve) are being ignored in favour of economic self-interest with the federal government refusing to set targets to cap the fastest growing source of greenhouse bases in Canada – oilsands development.  BC has followed suit in announcing regulations that will allow it to fall farther off its READ MORE


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