Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall speaks out against proposed cap-and-trade plan

Wall said the analysis shows the federal government could extract about $46 billion annually in carbon credits from industry under a cap-and-trade program. That money will simply be plowed back into government coffers and spent on roads, hospitals and government programs, he said.

"It's not an environmental policy then. It is a tax,'' Wall told PNWER delegates from five states, three provinces and two territories. "And it arguably is wealth transfer at historic levels."

Ingrid Newkirk: Come on Al, Steak or the Earth?

(And judging by the results of a Los Angeles Times poll this week, it would seem that if he fails to kick his meat habit in the noble cause of saving the Earth, the scorn he felt when driving a Lincoln Town Car will look like small potatoes indeed.)

Don Martin: Prentice invites climate critics to 'bring it on' - Full Comment

Mr. Prentice used the word ‘tough' more than 15 times during our 30-minute chat Thursday to describe the stance Canada will take at the summit and the challenge he will face in signing a deal that will keep economic aftershocks to a minimum.
Sources say his proposed policies on curbing greenhouse gases have circulated for weeks through the federal cabinet with little sense of urgency or forward progress.
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Canada will not sign any deal that doesn't force India, China and Brazil to meet negotiated targets for their own greenhouse gas reductions -- a demand that may well be rejected by those countries.

Hopes dim ahead of Copenhagen talks - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

We cannot afford to allow sterile rationality and national self-interest torpedo what is essential for global justice.