CJVA302: Week 5
Environmental Policy in N. America:
Canada vs. USA
Leads
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 Pavlina –
 Pavla –
 Kristyna – Trudeau & Environmental Policy
 Bara – Trump & Environmental Policy
U.S. Environmental Policy
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 Three key national agencies:
 Environmental Protection Agency
 Department of Energy
 Department of Interior
 Trump administration:
 Scott Pruitt, head of EPA, climate change sceptic
 Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, climate change sceptic
 Rex Tillerson, current Secretary of State, former CEO of
ExxonMobil
U.S. Environmental Policy
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 Attack on “climate change”:
 Removal of climate change language from gov’t websites
 Defunding of key agencies & scientific institutions
 Repeal of Obama’s “Clean Power Plan”
 Trump: climate change a hoax created by Chinese
 Withdrawal from Paris Agreement – will they, won’t they?
Canadian Environmental Policy
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 Trudeau: says all the right things, but is there substance?
 Climate agenda vs. Alberta tar sands
 Indigenous rights vs. oil industry
Video & discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQhflH4alO0 (short)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqw99rJYq8Q (long)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/17/st
op-swooning-justin-trudeau-man-disaster-planet
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Questions
Is Trudeau the progressive equivalent of Trump? All talk
and no substance?
Will the U.S. go through with withdrawal from Paris
Agreement? Is there any potential upside?
Is capitalism compatible with efforts to combat climate
change? (Guardian video: 3 options)
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