(Canada) Government to move toward Kyoto - Reuters

[Eugene]

Government to move toward Kyoto

By Randall Palmer

37 minutes ago

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The federal government, criticized by environmentalists
for saying its Kyoto target on greenhouse gases is unreachable, said on
Saturday it would nonetheless move substantially toward that goal.

Environment Minister John Baird, speaking from a meeting in Germany of the
Group of Eight leading industrialized nations, also said any extension of
the Kyoto protocol beyond 2012 must include the United States and other
big developing nations.

"We very clearly said that any future global deal must include the United
States, China and India," he said in a conference call with reporters after
meeting his G8 counterparts.

"The developing nations obviously have a concern that they're going to be
asked to carry an unfair burden, and I certainly led off (in the G8 talks)
with the view that Canada has to provide leadership by example."

Baird said that by the end of March he would be announcing mandatory
regulations setting targets for Canadian industries.

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[razzleberry]

1. meeting the target is optional, I guess

sorta like the Kyoto Treaty...
sets a binding obligation,
but everybody ignored it.

the word 'target', really bothers me.
'target' means, you miss it --> nothing happens.
or not