[All] Canadian Government being sued for violations to Kyoto

Tue Dec 15 16:33:53 EST 2009

I think we should sell Alberta to the US.

Randy
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Louisette Lanteigne 
  To: all at gren.ca 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:54 AM
  Subject: [All] Canadian Government being sued for violations to Kyoto

        Hello folks

        Late breaking news. 

        Canada facing legal challenge for breaking federal global warming law 

        The Government of Canada is facing a landmark legal challenge in the country’s top court for failing to take action on global warming -- specifically for refusing to respect a federal law that requires reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. 

        Yesterday an appeal was filed with the Supreme Court seeking to argue that the Government is breaking Canadian law by failing to comply with the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act (KPIA). It is the first climate change lawsuit in Canadian history...more

        To view the Friends of the Earth's Application for leave to Supreme Court of Canada - http://www.facebook.com/l/5e141;www.foecanada.org/images/stories/pdfs/KPIA/notice%20of%20application.pdf

        Read Media Release - http://www.facebook.com/l/5e141;www.foecanada.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=399&Itemid=2

        Media Backgrounder - http://www.facebook.com/l/5e141;www.foecanada.org/images/stories/pdfs/KPIA/media%20backgrounder--kpiascfinal3--2009%2012%2014.pdf

        Also, a new report shows that Canada is falling behind US carbon reduction strategies. That can be seen online here: 
        http://www.powerupcanada.ca/%7EASSETS/DOCUMENT/fallingbehind_low.pdf

        Spread the word on Twitter and Facebook!

        Lulu :0)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  _______________________________________________
  All mailing list
  All at gren.ca
  http://gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://gren.ca/pipermail/all_gren.ca/attachments/20091215/bc5ee9ea/attachment.html>