Canada won't renew climate-change deal

Environment Minister Peter Kent says Canada will not renew its commitment to the Kyoto climate change protocol after it expires next year.

Speaking today in a teleconference from an international climate-change summit in South Africa, Kent said Canada will not commit to a second phase of Kyoto, which would run from 2013 to 2017.

"Canada has made clear this year that Canada will not make a commitment to a second Kyoto period," Kent said.

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