Speech on environment plan accidentally leaked. The Conservative government's long-anticipated release of its environment plan hit an embarrassing snag Tuesday night when a copy of a speech to be delivered Wednesday by Environment Minister John Baird was accidentally leaked to the Opposition. [News Source]

Oz fears jet-flight guilt.

Australia is concerned that growing guilt over the impact of jet flights on global warming could hit the country’s multi-billion-dollar tourism industry, officials say.

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Tory plan calls for 20% cut in emissions by 2020. Environment Minister reveals plans for greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Text of speech by Environment Minister John Baird. After 13 years of inaction by the Liberal government, Canada is going in the wrong on the environment. [News Source]

20% emissions cut by 2020. The Conservative government's new climate change plan calls for greenhouse gas emissions to be slashed by 20% below current levels by 2020, Environment Minister John Baird said yesterday. [News Source]

Smog cleanup ‘a bad use of money’. The Ontario government has firmly rejected the idea of spending up to $1.6 billion on pollution-control technologies to clean up the province's coal plants, arguing the expensive measures would do nothing to combat climate change and would take too long to implement. [News Source]

Canada plans to curb greenhouse emissions 20% by 2020 . Canada will curb its output of greenhouse gases 20 percent by 2020, Environment Minister John Baird said in a speech published today on a government Web site. [News Source]

Leaked pollution plan sets 20% goal. The Conservative government is planning to bring in restrictions on industrial polluters to cut greenhouse gases by 20 per cent, or 150 million tonnes, by 2020. [News Source]

FNC grills minister over polluting factories. Members of the FNC yesterday expressed grave concern over the rise in incidents of cancer among residents living in areas near cement factories, quarries, and waste incinerators in the Northern Emirates. [News Source]

Green home takes root in St. Louis. The St. Louis metro area is among the 10 greenest in the country when it comes to building environmentally friendly commercial buildings. [News Source]

Virgin orders 787s, partners with Boeing. Boeing Co. announced Tuesday that Virgin Atlantic ordered 15 of its 787 Dreamliners and said it is partnering with the London-based carrier to develop a new biofuel for commercial jets as part of efforts to reduce carbon emissions. [News Source]