Canadian economy can handle emission plan: Flaherty (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Canadian economy will be able to handle any impact of the Conservative government's plan to cut emissions by 20 percent by 2020, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Thursday. [News Source]

Ottawa promises pollution curbs, emission cuts (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canada promised curbs on air pollution and a new approach to greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday in a plan the government says will slow, then reverse the rise in output of pollutants blamed for global warming. [News Source]

Warming would affect agriculture. If global warming progresses as experts forecast, local farmers raising everything from fruit to dairy cows -- and local consumers buying everything from apples to milk -- could experience some welcome and not-so-welcome changes. [News Source]

Oil sands startups get break under climate plan. The Conservative government has signalled that it won't let its climate change plan derail aggressive oil sands expansion, exempting new projects from greenhouse gas emission targets until they are up and running. [News Source]

Canada plans U-turn on greenhouse gases. Canada’s government says it is making a U-turn on “almost 10 years of bad environmental policy” by the previous Liberal government by laying out a plan to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas emissions by one-fifth by 2020. [News Source]

What it means. Even if targets are met, Canada's emission numbers will remain high. [News Source]

Tories forge new green strategy. Alberta will work with, not battle against, the federal government over its new climate change plan that effectively closes the door on the Kyoto Protocol, Premier Ed Stelmach said Thursday. [News Source]

Green tab: $300 a car? Canadians could pay more for energy and consumer goods as a result of the federal government's plan to combat climate change and smog, Environment Minister John Baird says. [News Source]

Economy can handle emission plan: Flaherty. The Canadian economy will be able to handle any impact of the Conservative government's plan to cut emissions by 20 per cent by 2020, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said today. [News Source]

Emission standards will give industry three-year free ride. New industrial facilities and automobile manufacturers in Canada are getting a free ride over the next three years, while some sectors that produce pollution linked to climate change are facing a carbon tax starting in 2010. [News Source]

Feds missed chance to reverse harm with ‘feebate’ program, says auto analyst (CP via Yahoo! Canada News) TORONTO (CP) - A leading auto analyst says Ottawa should cancel a controversial rebate program for fuel-efficient vehicles because it threatens to cripple the already fragile Canadian car and truck industry. [News Source]