Monday, Ontario announced the Liberal Plan. The provincial wide plan states that the province aims to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases to 6 percent below the 1990 levels. Its goal is to be achieved by the year 2014; just two years after the Kyoto agreement’s deadline. The future goals of the plan are to achieve 15 percent below the levels found in 1990 by the time 2020 arrives. The final stage is to achieve levels 80 percent below by the year 2050.
Premier Dalton McGuinty stated that in order to accomplish the necessary reductions, the coal plants will be closed and the money put into energy audits and technological advances instead.
Though the plan has long term and devoted people to see these goals accomplished, many environmentalists say Ontario’s plan is not good enough and is too late for it to have any beneficial outcome.
The Progressive Conservative act, commissioned by John Tory, proposed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a minimal 10 percent lower then the levels found in 1990 before the year 2020 and 60 percent below the 1990 emissions before or at the year 2050. John also proposed that any new and existing government buildings to become more energy efficient and also suggests other ways to implement the use of alternative fuels and eco-friendly energy.
Later in a speech, Dalton McGuinty announced, "We're doing our part to fight climate change in an ambitious and realistic way by shutting down coal plants, promoting energy conservation and investing in infrastructure that helps Ontarians reduce their greenhouse gas emissions," He followed with, "We're going even further by setting tough new targets for the future that will build on all we have achieved ...”
Even though many have dismissed both plans, anything in the direction of reducing greenhouse gases is a step in the right direction and overall wise step in helping preserve our earth.
As Always, Keep it Green
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