World consumption of fossil fuels continues to rise, with little to indicate that the trend is about to change

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Way back during the final days of the Justin Trudeau Liberal era in Ottawa, the environmentally activist regime rarely missed an opportunity to proclaim its dedication to the climate crisis. In October of 2024 Ottawa imposed a 100 per cent tariff on imports of electric vehicles from China. While obviously a trade protectionist move, the Trudeau team could not resist dragging in the climate issue: “China’s EV production is characterized by a distinctly higher emissions intensity, mainly attributable to a comparatively high carbon footprint in EV battery production and key inputs, such as aluminum and steel.”

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Does China’s EV carbon footprint matter anymore? In fact, it is hard to see how the carbon footprint from any economic activity matters much as Canada and the world appear to be turning away from the global climate crisis. A recently released report from a trio of international environmental and sustainability institutions concluded that major nations, including Canada, are failing to meet carbon-reduction targets agreed to in the 2016 international Paris Agreement.

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