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ENV 1101 Lecture : Class 8 - Dale Marshall.docx

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skytoad178
16 Mar 2012
School
University of Ottawa
Department
Environmental Studies
Course
ENV 1101
Professor
Sonia Wesche

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A majority of canadians believe global warming is occurring and that consequences are likely and catastrophic. There is still a resistant minority (+/-25%) but there is a larger pool (48%) who are looking for action. About 40% of canadians are willing to vote based on the issue and are willing to incur costs. Our greatest supporters: women and canadians under 35. The public knows that action means going beyond the 3rs and generally does not believe that the harper government has the solution. Possible goal for environmentalists: it must become socially unacceptable to favour economic policies that harm the environment. Ontario: coal shut down, green energy act and feed-in tariff. Bc: carbon tax, ban on coal, carbon-neutral government and municipalities. Quebec: efficiency programs, 4000 mw of wind, investment in transit. Alberta: wants to increase emissions, develop tar sands, build coal-fired power plants (genesee 3, keephills 3, Saskatchewan: highest per capita emissions, greatest increase since 1990.

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Discuss the following:

Climate change policy in Ontario

• New provincial government ends carbon pricing policy

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