The Reality Of Being Green

Colby Cosh on the Copenhagen Consensus: Focus on undernourished children, not your carbon footprint Join The Green Wave

Last week, the federal government decried a carbon tax as a "foolish and unnecessary" policy. This week, it slammed Ontario and Quebec for announcingacap-and-trade system to reduce carbon emissions. MORE... Gas this scheme Cap-and-trade process fails in Europe, so why try it here? While the premiers of Ontario and Quebec are promising a new carbon trading system to help fight global warming, the same green scheme has all of Europe singing the blues. MORE... In lean times, green fervour fades If truth is the first casualty of war, then environmental concern is the first casualty of economic recession. Surveys of Canadian voters showed the environment to be their first or second concern in 1989-90. At that time, though, the economy was.. MORE...