VICTORIA–The B.C. government yesterday announced a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent – a target that appears to go farther than those recently set by California.
By comparison, under the Kyoto accord Canada is committed to a 6 per cent cut in greenhouse emissions from 1990 levels by 2012. Ontario has no set targets.
The Liberal government's plan aims to reduce B.C.'s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 33 per cent below today's levels by 2020.
The target will place greenhouse gas emissions at 10 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020, Lt.-Gov. Iona Campagnolo said in a throne speech dominated by the new environmental agenda.
So, a 33% cut will reduce their emissions to 10% below 1990 levels, the Kyoto baseline year. In other words, in the last 17 years their emissions have climbed 23%. What do you think their chances of success are?
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