Industry's Kyoto Targets: Pembina Institute to Testify to House of Commons Committee

February 14, 2005
Media Release

Ottawa — This week, as the Kyoto Protocol becomes international law on February 16, Dr. Matthew Bramley, Director, Climate Change at the Pembina Institute, will testify to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on the role that large industry should play in the federal government's forthcoming Kyoto plan.

Large industry accounts for close to 50% of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions, but the government is proposing that industry be required to make less than one-fifth of the emission reductions that Canada must achieve under Kyoto.

When

Tuesday, February 15 , between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Wednesday, February 16

What

Dr. Bramley will testify to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development

Dr. Bramley is available to comment as the Kyoto Protocol becomes international law

Where

Room 371, West Block, House of Commons

Call 819-483-6288 ext. 26

The Pembina Institute, one of Canada's largest environmental NGOs, focuses on sustainable energy issues.

Contact: Matthew Bramley, 819-483-6288 ext. 26.

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