http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16151310


Quote:

Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the minister of the environment has said. Peter Kent said the protocol "does not represent a way forward for Canada" and the country would face crippling fines for failing to meet its targets. The move, which is legal and was expected, makes it the first nation to pull out of the global treaty. The protocol, initially adopted in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997, is aimed at fighting global warming. "Kyoto, for Canada, is in the past, and as such we are invoking our legal right to withdraw from Kyoto," Mr Kent said in Toronto. He said he would be formally advising the United Nations of his country's intention to pull out.

The Alarmists will be horrified..... ;D

So what???  :o :-? :-?

Well done the Canucks!

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Dec 14^th, 2011 at 3:00pm:

So what???  :o :-? :-?

Because the world will now end in 2012 won't it (at least for Canada anyway)

Australia will be protected though because Labor signed it...... :D

Another country with massive coal reserves.

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Dec 14^th, 2011 at 3:00pm:

So what???  :o :-? :-?

so what?!

ok, why not apply the same indifference to australia's carbon tax? that's probably an even bigger "so what" by environmentalist and "small things make a big difference" reasoning than this.

barnaby joe wrote on Dec 15^th, 2011 at 5:34pm:

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Dec 14th, 2011 at 3:00pm: So what???  :o :-? :-? so what?! ok, why not apply the same indifference to australia's carbon tax? that's probably an even bigger "so what" by environmentalist and "small things make a big difference" reasoning than this.

Oh geez... here we go with the black equals white onslaught!  ::) ::)

great reply!!!

You have him on the run, Imp - only two rolly eyes. Flogsdeadhorses is practically conceding your point!

either that or his methadone treatment has been working

I'd be the last to deny that Australia's carbon tax is pissing against the wind.  At the moment even that is hypothetical  because it depends on the current government staying in office.

The latest agreement in Durban is mind-numbingly stupid. We might have an international accord by 2020?

It's a bit like saying that you're going to party hard and make your grandkids liable for your mortgage, because that's effectively what's going to happen.

muso wrote on Dec 16^th, 2011 at 8:42am:

I'd be the last to deny that Australia's carbon tax is pissing against the wind.  At the moment even that is hypothetical  because it depends on the current government staying in office. The latest agreement in Durban is mind-numbingly stupid. We might have an international accord by 2020? It's a bit like saying that you're going to party hard and make your grandkids liable for your mortgage, because that's effectively what's going to happen.

I would agree that TPTB are trying to maintain the status quo now and that could put at risk future generations!

However, even the best laid plans, of mice & men, sometimes go astray and it is likely that things may not quite go according to plan?

But, that may not translate into benefits that will solve Global Climate issues.   

Soren wrote on Dec 15^th, 2011 at 10:28pm:

You have him on the run, Imp - only two rolly eyes. Flogsdeadhorses is practically conceding your point!

Is soren the good cop or the bad cop????  :D :D

Wait, I've got it, the mad distinguished cop who loves classical music and rivers of blood at the same time!!

... BUT DO CONTINUE WITH THE SOAP OPERA, PLOOOOOOOOOOISE!  ;D ;) ;)

(..which makes thim the ultra bad cop I suppose!!  :o ::) 8-) )

Only 8 faces?? Are you on downers, at last?