CP — Highlights of the Conservatives' proposed Clean Air Act

Canadian Press is carrying the following selection:

• By 2011, develop new regulations for vehicle fuel consumption.
• By 2025, set national targets for smog and ozone levels.
• By 2050, reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 45 and 65 per cent from 2003 levels.
• No mention of the Kyoto Protocol and the emissions targets the government of Canada comitted to in 2002.
• Harmonize vehicle emissions standards with those of the United States over the next 12 months.
• Harmonize regulations with those of the U.S. for volatile organic compound emissions in consumer and commercial products over the next year.
• Over the next three years, discuss and set “intensity based” targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, rather than total emissions targets, for major emitters.
• Negotiate with provinces to create harmonized system for mandatory reporting of air emissions, reduction of regulatory overlap.
• Create environmental damages fund from non-compliance fines to be applied directly to cleanup.