{"id":14409,"date":"2015-11-14T08:57:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T13:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14409"},"modified":"2015-11-14T08:57:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T13:57:50","slug":"liberals-to-stick-with-harpers-emissions-target-new-environment-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=14409","title":{"rendered":"Liberals to stick with Harper&#8217;s emissions target, new environment minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"segment-headline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/thehouse\/deadly-attacks-in-paris-raise-security-concerns-ahead-of-cop21-1.3316195\/liberals-to-stick-with-harper-s-emissions-target-new-environment-minister-says-1.3316200\" target=\"_blank\">Liberals to stick with Harper&#8217;s emissions target, new environment minister says<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.3318209.1447444001!\/cpImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_620\/liberal-cabinet-20151104.jpg\" alt=\"Hunter Tootoo, minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard speaks with Catherine McKenna, minister of the environment and climate change after being sworn in. McKenna says the national target set by the Conservatives for cutting greenhouse gas emissions should be considered a floor for future action.\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/h3>\n<div id=\"leadmedia\" class=\"segment-leadmedia col8\">\n<div class=\"figure\">\n<p class=\"figure-caption\">Hunter Tootoo, minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard speaks with Catherine McKenna, minister of the environment and climate change after being sworn in. McKenna says the national target set by the Conservatives for cutting greenhouse gas emissions should be considered a floor for future action. (Justin Tang\/Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>Canada will not go to the Paris climate change talks with a new target, or a concrete\u00a0framework to\u00a0reduce carbon emissions, according to Catherine McKenna, the minister for the environment and climate change.<\/p>\n<p>But newly released ministerial mandate letters indicate the environment is still one of the new Liberal government&#8217;s top priorities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/canada-trudeau-obama-apec-g20-1.3315874\">Justin\u00a0Trudeau\u00a0to meet premiers ahead of UN climate change summit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;People are looking at what Canada is going to commit to,&#8221; McKenna said in an interview with Chris Hall on\u00a0CBC Radio&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The House<\/em>.\u00a0&#8220;But\u00a0we&#8217;re not negotiating targets at this meeting, what we&#8217;ve said is that in 90 days after this meeting, we&#8217;re going to work with the provinces and territories to come up with\u00a0our target but also what\u00a0our plan is\u00a0to get there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Conservatives announced in May that Canada&#8217;s contribution to this year&#8217;s Paris talks would be a 30 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by the year 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Canada, however, is currently not on track to meet its existing 2020 cuts agree to under the 2009 Copenhagen accord, and the Harper government did not provide any policies to meet the more ambitious 2030 goal.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t just come up with targets out of thin\u00a0air,&#8221; McKenna said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Conservative target is a floor not a ceiling, but you have to do the hard work to figure out\u00a0\u2014\u00a0how do we change our economy and move to a low carbon economy?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberals to stick with Harper&#8217;s emissions target, new environment minister says Hunter Tootoo, minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard speaks with Catherine McKenna, minister of the environment and climate change after being sworn in. 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