Canada sets GHG targets to match step taken by US

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Vancouver-The Canadian government is moving in lockstep with the US by aiming to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 17% from 2005 levels by 2020, Environment Minister Jim Prentice said January 30 as Ottawa filed its official targets to the United Nations.Following a low-key news conference in Calgary, Prentice said in a conference call that Canada and the US have formally agreed to "set the same level of ambition-with an identical base year and an identical target."