Environmental Policy Of The Harper Government
Since 2006, the Canadian Conservative Party government led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper adopted several environmental policies in order to fight rising greenhouse emissions, pollution problems and climate change.
Read more about Environmental Policy Of The Harper Government: Media Coverage of Climate Change, Position On The Kyoto Accord, Clean Air Act, Clean Energy Technology Funding, Response To Climate Change Report, Meetings On Global Warming, Critics, Other Measures
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