AB UCP celebrate CO2 as a 'foundational nutrient' . . .

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Alberta UCP to vote on celebrating CO2, and not recognizing it as pollutant

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By Natasha Bulowski - October 18th 2024

A proposal to stop labelling carbon dioxide as a pollutant and instead celebrate it as a "foundational nutrient for all life on Earth” will be up for debate at the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting in November.

The resolution, which includes abandoning Alberta’s net-zero targets, flies in the face of the scientific consensus that carbon dioxide emissions created by humans burning fossil fuels is one of the primary drivers of global warming. The increased temperatures, in turn, cause more frequent and extreme weather like wildfires, floods, heat waves, storms and droughts. A study published in Nature found the deadly 2021 heat dome in BC that killed more than 619 people was amplified by climate change and other events like the fires that tore through Jasper this summer are made more likely and exacerbated by climate change. . . . ."

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Abandoning net-zero emissions targets among policy proposals at UCP AGM

[ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.7357320 ]

Emily Rae Pasiuk · CBC News · October 20, 2024

EXCERPT: "United Conservative Party members have proposed a resolution that would see the party take the stance of removing the designation of CO2 as a pollutant and abandoning net-zero targets in Alberta.

The UCP's annual general meeting is set to take place Nov. 1-2, in Red Deer, Alta., where party members will debate and vote on this and dozens of other policy and governance resolutions. . . . .

The policy would ask the Alberta government to "recognize the importance of CO2 to life and Alberta's prosperity" by implementing these measures:

Abandoning "net-zero" targets.
Removing the designation of CO2 as a pollutant.
Recognize that CO2 is a foundational nutrient for all life on Earth. . . .

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