[Plantagenet]

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau just declared a "climate emergency". Then the next day PM Trudeau approved a huge new pipeline necessary to the expansion of the Alberta oil sands project

trudeau-declares-climate-emergency-then-approves-major-oil-pipeline

No wonder nothing ever gets done about climate change. Political leaders like Trudeau are full on hypocrites who love to pretend they are concerned about climate change, but whose actions actually promote the expanded use of oil and other fossil fuels that cause climate change.


When it comes to politicians you've got to pay attention to what they do, not what they say.

SHEESH!

[Ibon]

Plant

You me and Dohboi are exactly the same as these politicians.

No reason to single out politicians

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', 'P')lant

You me and Dohboi are exactly the same as these politicians.

No reason to single out politicians

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Â') Trudea's personal actions will lead to the release of millions more tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, with concomitant increases in global heating that will affect the entire planet. 

[dissident]

Trudeau is an SJW sock puppet. The first thing he did in office was to change the name of Environment Canada to Environment and Climate Change Canada. He did not change its funding by 1 cent and did not prioritize climate change adaptation and research. In fact, he consolidated the anti-climate change science policies of Harper.

Canadian Liberals are the rubber stamp on the Canadian Conservative Party. They are an utter joke.

(PS. We do not have non-PC parties in Canada).

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', 'C')urrently Canada outputs 617 MMtonne of CO2/yr compared to the China at 2,397 MMtonne /yr

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ow, we pollute 1/4 as much as China with 1/37 the population!

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', '
')
If CO2 was actual "pollution" your claim would have to look at industrialization, vehicle use etc.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he use of Fossil fuels release CO2 which is classified as a "pollutant" by the EIA in the USA

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', ' ')CO2 is something that life on earth requires, it is neither a contaminant, poison or toxin that makes air or water harmful by it's presence. It's affects are indirect, not direct.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')f course. But CO2 is also a greenhouse gas that is accumulating in the atmosphere and contributing to global heating. Thats why there is so much attention being paid to monitoring and hopefully limiting CO2 emissions into the atmosphere by the US and other countries.

[asg70]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', 'P')lant
You me and Dohboi are exactly the same as these politicians.
No reason to single out politicians

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', ' ')I was replying to Kieth_McClary who was claiming CO2 was a pollutant. There was no discussion about greenhouse gases.

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') started this thread. If you'll actually read the posts in this thread you'll find that there actually is a lot of discussion about CO2 being a Greenhouse gas.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', '
')It was a political ploy for EIA to classify it as a pollutant (allowed them to be in charge of managing it)

[Plantagenet]

Report shows that Canada has the highest CO2 emissions per capita of any country in the G20

canada-produces-most-greenhouse-gas-emissions-than-any-other-g20-country-new-report-says

On average, each Canadian released about 20.6 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere per year just five years ago. Today that is up to 22 tons per person, showing that Canada is doing a a terrible job of tacking their CO2 emission problem. Allowing increases in CO2 emissions as the world gets hotter and hotter is very irresponsible. I expected better from Canada.


If you break it down further, most of the CO2 is coming from the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Canadians are usually nice people. Maybe its because deep down inside they are ashamed and embarrassed to be the worst CO2 polluters on the entire planet when measured on a per capita basis.

Cheers!

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') suppose if you don't accept the scientific fact that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, then the classification of CO2 as a pollutant must seem political and even capricious. But once you understand the science involved and accept the fact that CO2 is a greenhouse gas and releases of CO2 are changing the planet's climate then the classification of CO2 as a pollutant makes eminently good sense.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', '
').... moron.....

[rockdoc123]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')ou're wrong on that as well.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rockdoc123', '.')... classify water as a pollutant?"