Canadian position prompted walk-out at climate talks
The government's push to abandon much of the Kyoto protocol prompted dozens of developing countries to walk out on Canada's address during recent climate talks in Thailand, The Canadian Press has learned.
The mass walkout came after the Canadian delegation suggested replacing the Kyoto Protocol with an entirely new global-warming pact, according to one of the negotiators and notes taken by others at the meeting.
I'm so proud! We can now clear a room faster than any other country in the world!
Incidentally, note this:
U.S. President Barack Obama was once thought to be leading the charge towards a new climate pact but environmentalists believe he is facing increasing pressure to blunt any agreement on greenhouse gases that costs corporate America too much money.
The Nobel peace prize committee appeared to be offering encouragement to Obama last week by specifically mentioning in their citation that the U.S. president is "now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting."
I'm not feeling all that encouraged.
I'm not feeling all that encouraged.
Me neither. Given the way Obama has worked out, I suspect Harper is encouraged, however.