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Energy and Environment Ministers show strong commitment to reduce air pollution

Halifax - October 19, 1998 - As part of national efforts to reduce harmful air emissions, federal, provincial, and territorial Energy and Environment Ministers meeting in Halifax today achieved significant progress in their fight against air pollution by signing the Canada-Wide Acid Rain Strategy for Post-2000.
"This is a major step in our on-going fight against acid rain", said Federal Environment Minister Christine Stewart. "This national strategy builds on the successful efforts of the last decade to reduce pollutants which cause acid rain, but new challenges confront us for the year 2000 and beyond. Today�s signature by all governments is a formal commitment that we in Canada will do our share to solve the acid rain problem," the Minister added.

Last June, in Denmark, Canada signed these agreements with European countries, the United States, and countries of the former Soviet Union, committing to reduce atmospheric emissions of 16 Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and three Heavy Metals (lead, mercury, and cadmium). These agreements were negotiated under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.

The POPs and Heavy Metals Protocols are the first major multinational, legally-binding agreements to place controls on emissions of these hazardous air pollutants which particularly affect northern Canadians.

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To Sum it all up, this letter is mainly about Environment Canada starting to be aware of this problem and setting the year 2000 as a target to get things done. They have set Canada-Wide standards for the types of Chemicals that are released into the air, limiting the sulphur in Canadian gasoline, and an Acid-Rain Strategy for Post-2000.

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