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Canada Withdraws from Kyoto, Conceding to Reality
Tue,13 Dec 2011 02:22 PM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | In a refreshing display of realism, Canada has become the first country to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocols, designed to force countries to reduce their production of carbon to combat global warming, according to the National Post. Full Story | Top |
Analysis: Canada's Kyoto withdrawal began when Bush bolted
Tue,13 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST
Reuters -  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's widely criticized withdrawal from the Kyoto protocol ends a decade-long saga that began in earnest when former President George W. Bush walked away from the global climate change treaty in 2001. The close links between the two economies, and the fact the United States has a population almost 10 times larger than that of Canada, meant that Ottawa ultimately felt it had to follow Washington's lead and ignore the diplomatic fallout. "That's the reality. ...
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Canada is Right to Say No to Kyoto
Tue,13 Dec 2011 11:16 AM PST
Yahoo! Contributor Network - COMMENTARY | On Monday, Reuters reported Canada became the first country to withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change. The move shows a government that sees the impossibilities of the Kyoto expansion that was hammered out in the final hours of the Durban, South Africa, climate conference. Full Story | Top |
China and Japan say Canada's Kyoto withdrawal "regrettable"
Tue,13 Dec 2011 03:30 AM PST
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Japan said on Tuesday Canada's decision to quit the Kyoto treaty on greenhouse gas emissions was "regrettable" and called on it to continue abiding by its commitments on climate change. On Monday, Canada became the first country to announce it would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol. Canada, a major energy producer, has long complained that the agreement is unworkable because it excludes many significant emitters from binding action. ... Full Story | Top |
The nations weather
Tue,13 Dec 2011 01:38 AM PST
AP -  Weather Underground Forecast for Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Very active weather will continue in the Southwest on Tuesday due to a strong storm that will make its way through Arizona and New Mexico before being on the verge of moving into the Plains late in the day. This storm will be cold enough to produce high elevation snow and plenty of low elevation rain in the Four Corners region. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for elevations higher than 5,500 feet as over a foot of snow will fall. Snow levels in some areas will be as low as 4,000 feet. This storm will have the potential of being particularly strong in the Plains during the second half of the week.
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Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:47 PM PST
AP - Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country. Full Story | Top |
Canada formally withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 04:04 PM PST
AFP -  Canada on Monday became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, saying the pact on cutting carbon emissions was preventing the world from effectively tackling climate change.
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Canada Is Ditching the Kyoto Protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 03:17 PM PST
The Atlantic Wire - After raising greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over the past two decades -- that's four times faster than the United States's rate -- Canada is abandoning its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol.The country's environment minister Peter Kent made the announcement on Monday, making Canada the first country to formally renounce the agreement to curb global warming. Believe it or not, he blamed both China and the U.S. for his country's change of heart. ... Full Story | Top |
Canada says invoking right to quit Kyoto protocol
Mon,12 Dec 2011 02:31 PM PST
Reuters -  OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, Environment Minister Peter Kent said on Monday. "As we've said, Kyoto for Canada is in the past ... We are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto," he told reporters. (Reporting by David Ljunggren and Louise Egan; editing by Rob Wilson)
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Canada pulling out of Kyoto: report
Mon,12 Dec 2011 01:39 PM PST
Reuters - OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada will announce on Monday that it is withdrawing from the Kyoto protocol on climate change, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported. Environment Minister Peter Kent, freshly back from U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa, has scheduled a media availability for 5 p.m. EST in Ottawa. At Durban, he had said it had been a mistake for Canada to join Kyoto. (Reporting By Randall Palmer; Editing by Peter Galloway) Full Story | Top |
South Africa says climate deal took delicate touch
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:58 AM PST
AP - Pushing too hard at international climate change talks might have killed the only treaty regulating carbon emissions, host South Africa said Monday after concluding tense negotiations on how the world should respond to global warming. Full Story | Top |
The U.N.'s last-minute climate deal: 'Pitiful'?
Mon,12 Dec 2011 06:53 AM PST
The Week (RSS) - After three sleepless nights, delegates at a United Nations climate conference in Durban, South Africa, reached a last-minute compromise on Sunday. Among other things, they finalized an agreement, spelled out at a meeting last year, to create a fund transferring billions of dollars from rich countries to poor ones. That money will help poor countries make the switch to cleaner energy sources. But the negotiators failed to establish strict new targets to limit global warming. ... Full Story | Top |
Climate Deal Seen as Possible Turning Point
Mon,12 Dec 2011 05:31 AM PST
National Journal - The global climate-change deal reached in Durban, South Africa, over the weekend could help break a long-standing impasse on climate policy in Washington in the coming years. Full Story | Top |
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