Canadians Prepare for Kyoto Protocol

Canadians are being asked to take public transportation and turn down the heat as Canada prepares to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. From Ottawa, the Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Karen Kelly has more:

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Canadians are being asked to take public transportation and turn down the heat as Canada
prepares to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. From Ottawa, Karen Kelly has
more:


Each Canadian is being asked to reduce personal greenhouse gas emissions by 20-percent
over the next decade to help Canada meet its Kyoto target.


It will require Canada as a whole to reduce its emissions by about a third.


To help meet that goal, the government will provide incentives for Canadians to buy
more fuel-efficient cars and to better insulate their homes.


Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal says Canada needs everyone’s participation.


“This is a very small step to a very long journey and we have to make sure we get
everybody engaged at all levels – consumers, government, industry.”


The federal government plans to ratify the accord by the end of year.


But it faces tough opposition from industry and the provinces.


For the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, I’m Karen Kelly.