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v- v lvf fmxyy m stux help cut gas emissions your earth suzanne elston next week the eyes of the world will be on kyoto japan where the leaders of the world are gathering to hammer out a new global warming treaty it has been five years since the convention on climate change was signed in rio virtually none of the participating nations has met the agreed target of freezing carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000 canada a leader at the earth summit in rio in 1992 has done particularly poorly our once shining image as an environmen tal leader has been tarnished by our inabili ty to get greenhouse gases under control canadians are currently pumping 12 per cent more carbon dioxide into the atmos phere than they were five years ago since we share the dubious honour of being the highest consumers of energy in the world with our neighbour to the south both the canadian and us governments have a moral responsibility to the rest of the world to curb our energy habits earlier this year president bill clinton vowed to com mit to tough new targets but then bowed to pressure from industry the us has now agreed to commit to freezing c02 levels to 1990 levels by the year 2010 in response jean chretien promised to show up the americans by setting tough new targets until he met with provincial energy ministers earlier this month unable to reach a consensus canada has only committed to the same watereddown posi tion as the us clinton and chretien have bowed to pressure from mainstream economists and industry that say you cant cut greenhouse gases without hurting the economy what we should be doing is setting aggressive targets and then applying our nations con siderable skills to meeting them instead both our leaders are talking about achiev able goals which translated means lets pick a target that wont upset industry or require any effort in the middle of all of this comes a report from the international council for local environmental initiatives the report states that 150 cities around the world have man aged to actually cut carbon dioxide emis sions between 1990 and 1996 topping the mega power mega durability vacuum cleaners 2235912 cv technlc inc 6091 young street willowdale free vac soc with purchase of a vacuum list was the city of toronto efforts there have managed to cut emissions by 78 million tonnes this puts toronto well on its way to achieving the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent by the year 2000 whats remarkable about this achievement is that most of the reductions came through capturing methane gas from the citys garbage dumps and using it to make electricity rather than crip pling local industry or destroying the economy toronto has man aged to cut emissions while providing energy to fuel commerce torontos efforts clearly demonstrate that were capable of signif icantly reducing our carbon load on the planet whats interesting is that most of the reductions were achieved without cutting fossil fuel consumption more importantly it destroys the myth that reducing greenhouse gases is bad for the economy this is exciting its inspiring and it shows if you really want to make a difference you have to do it at the local level if every municipality in canada were to take responsibility for its own car bon dioxide emissions rather than looking to ottawa for leadership wed all breathe easier i just hope that the nations of the world sit up and take notice when this report is presented at the kyoto con ference on dec 2 what can individuals do cutting greenhouse gas emissions is everyones responsibility dont idle your car on cold mornings most manufacturers agree that a 30- to 60second warmup is all thats necessary for modem car engines approach your town coun cil and ask that they adopt a no idling bylaw for publicly and pri vately owned vehicles use public transit create a car pool or find other creative ways to leave your car at home more often as metro toronto proved even using your blue 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