CT302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: James Hansen, Degrowth, Sustainable Energy
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Green energy program were increasingly being challenged under international trade agreements 64. As a result, brand new factories that should be producing solar panels are now contemplating closure 65. The biggest emitters in the world are rushing to the wto to knock down each other"s windmills. Precedent case pitting free trade against climate change was playing out in ontario. In 2009 the province had unveiled its climate action plan centered on a bold pledge to wean off coal by 2014. The provision was an attempt to revive ontario"s moribund manufacture sector. The wto ruled against canada, determining that ontario"s buy- local provisions were indeed illegal 69. Ontario was putting real policies into place to honour that commitment (kyoto in 1997) Denmark has among the most successful renewable energy programs in the world, with 40% of its electricity coming from renewables 70.
