[Ost-news] Government is listening to polluters

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Government is listening to polluters  
Mar 24, 2008 04:30 AM  
John Bennett

Federal Environment Minister John Baird claims new regulations announced this month for industry greenhouse gas emitters are "tough – tougher than any anywhere."

So why aren't environmentalists standing up and cheering?

Only a few years ago Stephen Harper called Kyoto "a socialist plot" – but now his government is calling for future oil-sands operations to capture and store the greenhouse gases they create. The Conservative government sure has come a long way, hasn't it? Well no, it hasn't.

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/government-listening-polluters

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