Canada wins Fossil of the Year award in Copenhagen

December 18, 2009 - Copenhagen - Canada was chosen to receive the Fossil of the Year award based on votes from members of the Climate Action Network, a global coalition of some 500 non-governmental organizations.

Ben Wikler of Avaaz.org announced the winner: "Fossil of the Year goes to CANADA, for bringing a totally unacceptable position into Copenhagen and refusing to strengthen it one bit. Canada's 2020 target is among the worst in the industrialized world, and leaked cabinet documents revealed that the governments is contemplating a cap-and-trade plan so weak that it would put even that target out of reach.

"Canada's performance here in Copenhagen builds on two years of delay, obstruction and total inaction. This government thinks there's a choice between environment and economy, and for them, tar sands beats climate every time. Canada's emissions are headed nowhere but up. For all this and more, we name Canada the Colossal Fossil," Wikler said.

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