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It's little wonder that such confusion - and anger - surrounds the Kyoto Accord.
Both sides have resorted to alarmist rhetoric, and both sides have used statistics creatively and selectively.
Our story will examine the facts that both sides have been busy burying
including the probability that when all is said and done it will be consumers who pay the price for Kyoto.

UPDATE: The Kyoto Accord was officially passed on December 16, 2002.
Canada received several qualifications designed to protect Alberta's oil patch. Read the news story.
In August 2003 Ottawa unveiled than $1 billion trying to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions
by 20 megatonnes over the next five years as part of Canada's committment to Kyoto. Read the news story.

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