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On Wednesday, October 2nd, almost 400 members of our community gathered at Humbercrest United Church for the Parkdale-High Park All-Candidates Debate on the Environment. As the pews filled, people nudged closer together, pulled chairs from other rooms, and leaned against columns. Yellow “100 Debates” pins flickered against the black shirts of volunteers from Green 13, Green Parkdale-Roncesvalles, and Safe Rail Communities as they hurried about, directing attendees in and encouraging them to submit questions for the debate.

On December 12, 2011, Minister of the Environment Peter Kent, announced that Canada would withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on December 15, 2012.

Canada is the only nation that ratified the Kyoto Protocol to abandon its commitment.

Under the Protocol, Canada committed to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions to 6% below our 1990 levels (589 Mt CO₂e) by 2012. Thus our target was 554 Mt.

However, according to Environment Canada's 2010 report, our emissions were 692 Mt (25% above our Kyoto target.)

We've just finished editing and uploading the videos of the Project Neutral launch on June 18, 2011. You can view them on YouTube or here.

Photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectneutralthejunction/

Earth Hour 2011 Parkdale Candlelight Walk

The following directs you to a video of City TV News coverage of the 2011 Earth Hour Walk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI-X4YixWyI

Also, the this video of the 2011 Earth Hour Walk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4UCPHkZHwU