A BBC investigation has found that after more than two years the program has boosted electricity bills and given windfall profits to power companies without achieving its touted objective of slashing carbon emissions.

The Prime Minister is under fire from both Liberals and New Democrats for remaining non-committal on whether Canada will back a proposal by Germany for a post-Kyoto agreement when G8 nations meet in Germany next week. China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa will also be part of the discussions.

Every third European is affected by allergies and some experts say global warming may be the culprit in part because pollen-spreading trees are now in bloom longer.

A spokeswoman for the White House Council on Environment Quality told BBC today that, "the US continues to lead the global effort on climate change."

Apparently "lead the global effort" somehow means culling language from a draft G8 summit document that would see member nations getting tough on greenhouse gas emissions. The BBC has obtained a document outlining plans for the US to, yet again, water down tough global action on climate change.

In the wake of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change findings, Border Tax Adjustments are being touted as a way to deal with rich countries, such as the U.S. and Australia, which haven’t ratified the Kyoto Protocol or levied a carbon charge on exports.