May, 23, 2012

Environment Minister Says There Is "A Lot Of Evidence" That Links Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Climbing Global Mercury

Embassy's conversation with Canada's Environment Minister Stéphane Dion

Published June 29, 2005

Q: The national science academies of 11 nations, including Canada, declared recently the world is getting warmer and that reducing the level of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere could halt or reverse that trend. Is Canada 100 per cent supportive those findings?

A: Yes. The climate is changing (and) greenhouse gas emissions are a large part of this explanation. So human activities are not the sole cause, but they are a significant...

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