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Greenpeace urges Canadians to cast their vote for the environment
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by Amy Judd | September 26, 2008 at 02:57 pm
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Greenpeace wants to educate Canadians on who is going to be the greenest candidatevoting day and then urge voters to check their box on .
Greenpeace wants Canadians to elect an official that will actually help stop global warming, as this election will determine the outcome of the next Kyoto agreement through to 2020, which is important for generations to come.
Next year, the world will gather in Copenhagen to decide what a post-Kyoto climate treaty will look like. Greenpeace along with 30 other groups have called for a strengthening and extension of the Kyoto Protocol - KYOTOplus. The UN climate change conference is widely anticipated to be a historic watershed in the fight against global warming. The government elected on October 14th will represent Canada on this world stage.
To kick off the election push, Greenpeace e-mailed its 92,000 members in Canada with an appeal to "vote for the environment." The organization says it will also deploy its volunteer network and door-to-door canvassers to speak directly with Canadians about supporting a candidate whose party is committed to the reduction targets of the KYOTOplus campaign.
If the reduction targets from Kyoto are implemented then Canada's greenhouse gas emissions will reduce at least 25 per cent from 1990 levels by the time we reach 2020. Right now emissions have risen to about 30 per cent above the target set by the agreement.
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at 15:31 on September 26th, 2008
Good stuff amy judd lets hope voters use their brains instead of their wallets
at 16:16 on September 26th, 2008
I agree - it might make a huge difference.
at 17:51 on September 26th, 2008
This pictures were taken during the walk for the hearth day. Friends and families walked on Mont-Royal street to show how much they care for the environment.
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at 18:07 on September 26th, 2008
lets hope people are up to it!
at 18:21 on September 26th, 2008
this pic was taken in the scenic Canadian Rockies. I urge all Canadians to vote so that we can preserve such beauty.
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at 20:45 on September 26th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 03:06 on September 27th, 2008
a great article, i'm glad I could be a small part of it, come on Canadians, do the right thing!
at 08:28 on September 27th, 2008
amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 12:10 on September 29th, 2008
Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise in Toronto harbour.
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at 19:42 on October 1st, 2008
Here's Canada's Global Warming policy. Not quite, but almost as effective.
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