Feature story - February 19, 2007
The McGuinty government conducted a public consultation process in the fall of 2006, and Greenpeace joined other environmental groups in outlining how the provincial government should deal with climate change.
Clean energy is the solution for our planet's future.
A Climate Change Plan for Ontario is long overdue. The McGuinty
government conducted a public consultation process in the fall of
2006, but these meetings lacked adequate notice and preparation
time, and provided no draft proposal or background material.
Despite these limitations to the consultation process,
Greenpeace joined other environmental organizations, calling on the
government to:
• establish a plan to meet Ontario's portion of Canada's
Kyoto commitment and achieve further deeper reductions
post-2012;
• commit all Ontario government agencies to achieving these
targets; and
• adopt substantial measures in the 2007 provincial budget
increasing conservation and renewable energy.
In December 2006, Greenpeace made a number of specific
suggestions that the province should pursue. This document,
Ontario's Climate Crisis: The Time to Act is Now, is not meant to
be a climate plan for the province. Rather, it identifies a number
of policies and programs that should be addressed in order to
devise a effective plan.
We have had no meaningful response from the McGuinty
government, which has moved backwards by delaying its phaseout of
coal generation, and by its support of nuclear power (both
rebuilding old nuclear plants, as well as building new ones).
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Executive summary: This document is not meant to be a climate plan for the Province of Ontario. Rather, it identifies a number of policies and programs that should be addressed in order to devise a meaningful plan for the province.
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