The latest Ipsos Reid poll shows that Canadians are turning to the Liberals and not siding with the Conservative’s green plan.

A recent Ipsos Reid poll reveals that 91% of Canadians feel that they have a responsibility to improve the environment, while 71% feel that the government should take an active role.

The Harper government is expected to reveal a budget of $1.5 billion over 7 years for the promotion and production of green fuels.

“Insiders from three federal parties say they have concerns that some of the activists judging climate-change action have become too cozy with the Liberals.”

The issue of Arctic sovereignty is “heating up” as global warming allows for more access to the North.

In Harper’s 2006 campaign, he promised “three heavy troop-carrying icebreakers, remote sensing to locate foreign vessels, an army training centre up north, a deepwater port at Iqaluit, more air patrols plus unmanned drone aircraft, and expansion of the aboriginal militia known as the Arctic Rangers.” However, his government has now backed away from this earlier plan, and some would like an explanation.

Florida is expected to sign an executive order to adopt strict pollution regulations established by California. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas levels by 80% of 1990 levels by the year 2050.

” The orders would impose new emission limits for automobiles and trucks, toughen energy conservation goals for state agencies and require state-owned vehicles to use alternative fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.”

How is Canada’s report card? John Williamson from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation gives the federal government a C+ for its environmental efforts.

“Harper has said he will not sacrifice jobs or the economy in a vain attempt to fulfill the Kyoto Protocol.”

Ontario’s coal-fired power plants are the greatest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions.

“The Liberal provincial government has proposed regulation that would make it mandatory under the Environmental Protection Act to shut down the operation of the province’s four remaining coal-fired plants by the end of 2014. The proposed regulation, which has been posted for a 30-day public review on the Ministry of Environment’s registry system, would be binding on future provincial governments unless the act was amended.”

Even though Toronto City Council members voted against imposing a tax on city residents, they were all in favour of a climate change plan. The plan strives for a greenhouse gas deduction of 6% by 2012, 30% by 2020 and 80% by 2050.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General said that he will urge US President George W. Bush to embrace climate change initiatives. He believes that “American participation is crucially important.”