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Jul 07, 2009Canada.com: Canada blows post-oil economic opportunities
An article detailing Canada’s lack of action regarding climate change and green energy. CanGEA agrees with Susan Riley’s article, Canada is not doing enough in renewable energy, and the status of geothermal energy in Canada can be used as a metric when compared to other countries such as Germany, Australia and the U.S.
There was a time when politicians claimed Canada would become a world leader in clean, green technologies—that our educated workforce, abundant resources and entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with inspired government policy, would revitalize our economy and help save the planet.
No one talks that way anymore. How could they, with straight faces? We have ceded leadership on climate change to U.S. President Barack Obama and, to a lesser extent, the Europeans. Other countries will profit from the inevitable revolution in manufacturing, energy production and lifestyle choices that a green economy will bring. Not Canada.
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