Environment Minister says Kyoto a no-go

Environment Minister Peter Kent neither confirmed nor denied rumors that Ottawa plans to withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on December 23.

He said the Conservatives want a new international agreement to reduce greenhouse gases based on previous climate change talks in Cancun and Copenhagen.

International talks are currently taking place in Durban South Africa to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol due to expire in 2012.  Kent is scheduled to join the negotiations shortly.

Environmental advocacy groups  advised Kent to stay home if he intends to be a destructive force killing  efforts being made.