cbc.ca - 12/15/2008
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The UN climate conference in Poznan, Poland, was a "mark of shame" for Canada, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said on Saturday. Delegates from poorer nations were angry at Canada for not meeting its commitments under the Kyoto protocol, as well as all industrialized countries for stalling on ...
accuweather.com - 12/20/2008
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A winter storm followed by bitterly cold air
will bring a wintry mess to the Northeast through...
the end of the weekend. Meanwhile, another winter storm blasting the Northwest with heavy snow will spread into the Midwest on Tuesday and the East by ...
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gaypatriot.net - 12/18/2008
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You know those so-called “Human Rights” Commission in
Canada. Have you ever noticed that the only people...
who seem to suffer for the speech codes those commissions eneforce in the Great White North come from the political or cultural ...
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Politically Correct Hatred of Gays in Canada
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Embarrased Canadian tourist wears stars-and-stipes patch on backpack
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The UN climate conference in Poznan, Poland, was a "mark of shame" for Canada, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said on Saturday.
Delegates from poorer nations were angry at Canada for not meeting its commitments under the Kyoto protocol, as well as all industrialized countries for stalling on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, May told CBC News.
During the conference, which began Dec. 1, Canada won several Fossil of the Day Awards, announced by Climate Action Network International, a group that includes more than 400 non-governmental organizations. ...
The Embarassment that is Canada's Environmental Record
Newshoggers.com —
... I never paid a whole lot of attention to the climate talks in Poland last week, since they seem to be mainly a exercise in political hot air, but a couple of stories from the summit did catch my attention, mostly because they relate to the home country and our positively pitiful performance when it comes to Climate Change matters. In this, I can agree with Green Party leader Elizabeth May, it is a "mark of shame". ...
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