Globe and Mail: Canada will propose a series of common environmental standards and energy-development plans to new U.S. President Barack Obama beyond a North American cap-and-trade system for greenhouse-gas emissions, government sources say. The Harper government is planning to propose the harmonization of goals for using bio-fuels such as ethanol, fuel-efficiency standards for cars, and targets for so-called “low-carbon” power plants – which, over time, might push the United States into buying more …