B.C.’s climate change policies are failing

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B.C.’s climate change policies are failing

By Rob Baxter, June 14, 2011

Canada’s latest greenhouse gas emission inventory report was quietly released last month. The numbers are from 2009 and show B.C.’s ongoing failure to take the kind of action necessary to reduce carbon emissions 33 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050 as required by provincial legislation.

The release came only a few days after B.C.’s new premier, Christy Clark, had announced her commitment to B.C.’s “leadership” on climate change. So, how do the numbers reflect this “leadership”?

At first glance the 2009 emissions numbers for B.C. look hopeful. They are down 3.3 percent compared to the previous year. But is this decrease the result of the economic downturn in 2009 or good public policy? It appears it would be the economics—emissions actually declined for every Canadian province during 2009. [snip]

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