Should Alberta Oppose to the Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emission level to 5% of the 1990 level by the year 2010. This protocol is aimed at the accomplishment of a sustainable development and to reduce the effect of greenhouse gas on global warming. More than 90 countries have decided to ratify this protocol, but Russia, Canada and its powerful southern neighbour, U. ... In fact, the United States, has objected the protocol due to economic reasons. ... Canada, and especially Alberta, shall not take the risk that even our super power neighbour is not willing to take. Alberta should not agree on the Kyoto Protocol. ... 1 reason of the establishment of the Kyoto Protocol. Underneath Alberta is a vast amount of natural resource (mainly fossil fuels, such as: oil, gas, tar sand) to be discovered. ... Since the extracting of these resources and the refining for its products emits large amount of pollution (carbon dioxide), if the Kyoto Protocol is to be passed, the impact on the province’s economy will be disastrous.