Canada's green record assailed

by JP Bill Jun 4, 2007 3:46AM PDT

Canada's green record assailed

The United States and Canada share the worst records among the G8 countries for dealing with climate change, lagging far behind such leaders as Germany and the United Kingdom, according to a report to be released today by the World Wide Fund for Nature, an international environmental group.

Commissioned jointly by WWF and Allianz Group, one of the world's largest insurance companies, the report evaluated measures that the eight major industrialized countries have undertaken to fight climate change, and ranked their relative performance. It's being issued to coincide with the annual G8 summit of Western leaders that starts Wednesday in Germany, where global warming is one of the top agenda items.

Among the advanced countries, the report singled out three for their particularly poor records - Canada, the United States, and Russia - saying their policies to fight global warming aren't sufficient to contain the expected rise in the world's temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius. Many scientists predict that if the amount is exceeded, it could lead to catastrophic climate change.

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Stairway To Heaven
(Page/Plant)

There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows, if the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and she's buying a stairway to heaven.

There's a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure
'Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook, there's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn for those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go, in case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow, and did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

Canada's green record assailed

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