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   At one time, not too far back in time, Harper's stance was: 'Why the   
   hell should Canada reduce its greenhouse gases when the U.S. hasn't?'   
   And now that Obama is leading his country into greenhouse-reducing   
   territory - BIG time - this is Harper's stance now . . . .   
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   National Bureau -  Monday, June 02, 2014   
      
      
   No need for Canada to copy new U.S. rules on power plant greenhouse gas   
   emissions: Harper   
      
      
   OTTAWA - Canada will not follow suit after the U.S. Environmental   
   Protection Agency announced new regulations to reduce greenhouse gas   
   (GHG) from power plants by 30% by 2030, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said.   
      
   Harper said that's because Canada doesn't need to.   
      
   "This government two years ago began implementing its regulations that   
   will reduce our emissions in that sector by 46% by 2030," Harper said   
   Monday. "Even before beginning, we had an electricity sector that is   
   cleaner than that in the United States."   
      
   NDP environment critic Megan Leslie said the difference is the U.S. is   
   trying to reduce its use of coal, but she wants to see a different   
   target in Canada -- the oil and gas sector.   
      
   "The U.S. has gone after coal-fired electricity, their largest emitter,"   
   Leslie said. "We are not going after our largest emitter, which is the   
   oil and gas sector."   
      
   She didn't explain what "going after" Canada's oil and gas sector would   
   involve and whether the NDP would allow continued oilsands development.   
      
   Green Party Leader Elizabeth May said Harper may take pride in federal   
   coal regulations, but for her, they're "not that exciting."   
      
   "So, yes, Mr. Harper, it's true there have been regulations on the   
   coal-fired power sector in Canada for two years, but they don't have any   
   effect in 2015," May said.   
      
   It's not clear how or if the new U.S. regulations will affect Obama's   
   eventual decision on whether to approve the proposed Keystone XL oil   
   pipeline.   
      
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