Like Mr. Obama, Mr. Trudeau is experiencing pushback to efforts to reduce oil demand. But on the smaller stage here in Canada’s capital, Mr. Trudeau is bumping up against the same opposing forces that stymied Mr. Obama in Washington. The first time Mr. Obama called Mr. Trudeau after a congratulatory election-night call was to give him a heads-up about his Keystone decision. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIt was Mr. Harper who submitted Canada’s climate change plan to the Paris negotiations, a plan widely criticized as weak. But for all his passionate speeches about climate change, Mr. Trudeau can offer an alternative only after he works out a new pact with Canada’s 10 provincial governments.

Source: New York Times June 28, 2016 00:16 UTC