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2006 report card on climate change action : New England and Eastern Canada 2006 report card on climate change action

25 Aug 2006

None of the states and To achieve the short, medium and long-term provinces have all the policies in place that they goals of the Climate Change Action Plan the will need to meet the 2010 target, and none have Governors and Premiers developed nine “Action actual emissions under control. [...] The resolution The urgency of meeting or even surpassing the affirmed the importance of regional cooperation Plan’s targets is underscored by the recent in meeting its energy challenges, but until now explosion of alarming scientific findings the plans for regional cooperation on global regarding the current pace of warming and its warming have largely not been realized and have effects on the glo [...] Further, meeting the goals of the 2001 climate A notable example of the good that would come plan by proactively adopting smarter from the Governors and Premiers re-engaging in transportation practices, renewable energy and the Climate Change Action Plan is the work of efficient technologies would minimize disruption Premier Charest of Quebec. [...] With the withdrawal should consider adjusting their targets of the Canadian federal government, the onus is accordingly, and they should certainly assign a on the provincial governments to take the lead on firm date for the 75-85% reduction target; we climate protection in the short-term, and they urge them to make 2050 the target date – as the should continue to push the federal government Connec [...] Coming into Five years after the signing of the 2001 Climate effect for the 2009 model year, the California Change Action Plan, the states and provinces are program will reduce global warming pollution not on track to meet the 2010 pollution reduction from new cars 30% by 2016 in the jurisdictions target.
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Authors

Thurber, Brian

Pages
26
Published in
Canada

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