It’s a gas - Province launches discussions on greenhouse gas-reduction strategy

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The provincial government wants to talk to Albertans about reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Environment Minister Rob Renner announced a bill last week designed to slow the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources.

“Now it’s time for us to begin the discussion of where do we go from here,” Renner said today.
Steam rises from the Syncrude plant at Fort McMurray in this file photo. Oilsand development is a concern in fighting greenhouse gas emissions.View Larger Image View Larger Image
% B: {% I7 h. K( Y6 {Steam rises from the Syncrude plant at Fort McMurray in this file photo. Oilsand development is a concern in fighting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Starting on Mar. 27 in Lloydminster and finishing on Apr. 23 in Edson, the province will hold 10 public forums on climate change. In addition, the government has produced a work book which will allow people to provide input.
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) ~1 Q9 Z* l9 U' O! }Renner said all options for action are on the table. The work book includes questions on whether the government should set absolute targets for industrial emissions, what kind of technology they should consider using and what sorts of things people could do in their own homes to help-out.

NDP leader Brian Mason called the entire exercise a waste of time. He held-up a government report from 2002, when they conducted a similar exercise. The report used the same logo as the latest government literature.
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# k* a. b7 p: H# o5 O. _. pMason called the consultations “merely a delaying tactic.”
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He called on the government to impose a moratorium on oilsands development and phase-in absolute reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions.
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8 V! Q" N$ [* Y1 GLiberal David Swann was equally critical of the plan. He called it another government P.R. exercise.

" A5 V' v2 j1 l: C" y) c: U“Very clearly this government has missed the boat and is scrambling to, on the one side please industry and on the other make some kind of token demonstration that they recognize the seriousness of this issue.”


Steam rises from the Syncrude plant at Fort McMurray in this file photo. Oilsand development is a concern in fighting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Archie McLean, edmontonjournal.com
9 a7 t" z9 i$ s0 O% h; U5 V6 UPublished: Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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