[LabComm] B.C. Liberals fail climate change report card

[BC NDP Newswire]

B.C. Liberals fail climate change report card



VICTORIA -- Gordon Campbell and the B.C. Liberals have received a failing grade on climate change in a report card released today by NDP Opposition Leader Carole James. The report card shows the province's greenhouse gas emissions have increased significantly under Gordon Campbell's leadership.

"The Campbell government has failed across the board to address British Columbia's role in climate change," said James. "While other jurisdictions around the world are looking at real steps to halt the growth of and even reduce greenhouse gases, the B.C. Liberals have let provincial greenhouse gas emissions skyrocket. And the Premier's commitment to build conventional coal-fired power plants will significantly increase our overall emissions in future years."

The report card shows that B.C.'s greenhouse gas emissions were trending downward in 2001. However, the first three years of Gordon Campbell's mandate saw emissions rise more than five per cent, which was the largest increase since 1990. 

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