{"id":18704,"date":"2016-03-10T12:15:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18704"},"modified":"2016-03-10T12:15:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T17:15:47","slug":"top-five-climate-and-environment-issues-for-obama-trudeau-bilateral-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=18704","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2016\/03\/09\/top-five-climate-and-environment-issues-obama-trudeau-bilateral-summit\" target=\"_blank\">Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-10394 node node-blog node-promoted view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"submitted desktop-only\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/trudeau%20obama%20bilateral%20talks.jpg?itok=NMeevL4P\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"540\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"horizontal-social-bar horizontal-social-bar-top clearfix\">The strained relationship between Canada and the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XL<\/span>\u00a0pipeline.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was a staunch supporter of what he called the \u201cno-brainer\u201d project. President Obama, on the other hand, felt like all sorts of brain should be involved when deciding on the future of such major fossil fuel infrastructure. And he rightfully rejected the border crossing pipeline project, which had clearly failed his climate test.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Canada\u2019s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the helm of America\u2019s Hat, the two most intimately tied economies in the developed world have a lot of catching up to do. Even with Keystone\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">XL<\/span>\u00a0dead and buried (sort of), environment and energy issues are still top of mind for the two leaders.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Q and A with the Huffington Post, Trudeau acknowledged the timing is right for bold leadership on climate change and the environment: \u201cThere is a nice alignment between a Canadian Prime Minister who wants to get all sorts of things done right off the bat and an American President who is thinking about the legacy he is going to leave in his last year in office,\u201d Mr. Trudeau said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issues that are important to him and to me are climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama and Trudeau already had an informal \u2018bromance\u2019 meeting soon after the new Prime Minister took office in November 2015. But now, with the unprecedented Paris Agreement behind them, the two leaders have an incredible opportunity to break new ground on climate action and environmental protection at this formal summit.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top five energy and environment issues these self-proclaimed climate leaders should have on their\u00a0agenda:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. North American Climate Change Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Five Climate and Environment Issues for Obama-Trudeau Bilateral Summit The strained relationship between Canada and the\u00a0U.S.\u00a0over the last decade was in no small part due to disagreement over the fate of the Keystone\u00a0XL\u00a0pipeline. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was a staunch supporter of what he called the \u201cno-brainer\u201d project. 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