Canada’s Conservative government wants to talk continental cap-and-trade with Obama administration
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Taken alone, I should be happy that my federal government wants to begin serious talks with the United States about establishing a continental cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions. Fact is, I was expecting this kind of knee-jerk reaction from my government as soon as Barack Obama got elected to the White House. It’s why, as a Canadian, I’m so encouraged by Obama’s win. His aggressive energy and environmental policies will force a laggard like Canada to act after years of being hip-connected with the Bush administration’s policy of half-measures and inaction. (more…)
Tyler Hamilton is senior energy reporter and columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper. Tyler can be reached at tyler@cleanbreak.ca