Environment report ranks Canada
near bottom of OECD
- Globe & Mail reports
The Globe and Mail has reported that "a new study comparing Canada's environmental record to those of other
industrialized countries has come to an embarrassing conclusion:
Canada ranks second worst in the world."
Of little consolation and not surprisingly, the United States ranked the worst.
Globe reporter, Martin Mittelstaedt notes that of the 28 industrialized nations in the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) "Canada had a dismal record on most
measures of pollution".
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The study, released at the University of Victoria, concludes that Canada is among the worst offenders when judged by "per-capita measurements of
greenhouse gases and acid-rain-causing sulphur-oxide emissions, water
use, energy consumption, and the generation of nuclear waste."
The University of Victoria's David Boyd, author of the study, suggests that this is a clear indication that Canadians "talk the talk but don't walk the walk".
"Canadians, time and time again, say how much they value the
environment, but when it comes time to take concrete action . . . we
don't step up to the plate," he says.
The 40-page study is titled Canada vs. the OECD: An Environmental
Comparison, produced a ranking of the countries based on 25 common
indicators of pollution or environmental degradation.
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