Industry Spin

This Canadian pipeline giant wants an exemption from climate rules

20/01/24

Author:

Carl Meyer

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The Narwhal

Internal government documents show that pipeline company TC Energy pressured the federal government to ignore a growing form of fossil fuel activity in Canada in one of its key climate policies, at a time when the country is already struggling to meet its emissions reduction goals. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Jan. 17, 2024

Internal government memos show TC Energy lobbied for carveouts exempting methane and LNG plants from one of Canada’s key climate policies targeting the oil and gas industry

One of Canada’s largest pipeline operators lobbied the federal government to exclude two major sources of carbon pollution from its emissions cap for the oil and gas sector.

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The shady group determined to block our climate solutions

19/01/24

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

Link:

National Observer

Jan. 15, 2024

A shadowy new organization attacking the climate efforts of Canadian cities is infiltrating Google searches and ads in the New York Times and other publications online.

The group — Voice for Energy — bills itself as a platform for Canadians to "speak up" against municipalities implementing measures to reduce or ban natural gas to "protect" people’s so-called "energy choice."

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Fortis B.C. faces fire over Delta gas leak and its 'apocalyptic' stench

19/01/24

Author:

The Canadian Press Chuck Chiang

Link:

Vancouver Sun

File photo: Fortis BC LNG expansion site in Delta, BC Friday, February 3, 2017. PHOTO BY JASON PAYNE /PNG

Jan. 17, 2024

The gas provider is being criticized for a lack of transparency and timely explanation about the stench Delta Mayor George Harvie said led to emergency services being flooded with calls

Tara Jean Stevens said the “apocalyptic” stench that blanketed Delta on Tuesday night was so heavy that her car and garage still smelled of rotten eggs Wednesday morning.

“I had a headache all night,” said Stevens, a radio host on Wave 98.3. “I never get headaches … it felt thick in the air, even though you couldn’t see it.”

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Canada's five biggest banks make misleading 'sustainable finance' claims: securities complaint

10/01/24

Author:

an Bickis

Link:

National Observer

A copy of a settlement agreement from the Ontario Securities Commission from August 2015 is photographed in Washington, on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016. File photo by The Associated Press/Jon Elswick

Jan. 9, 2024

Canada's big five banks are potentially misleading investors with their use of terms like sustainable finance, according to a complaint to securities regulators by a climate advocacy group.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The great debate over dairy manure

10/01/24

Author:

Phil McKenna

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National Observer

CO2 released by burning biogas from cow manure is counted as an emission reduction, rather than a climate pollutant, and multiple state programs are taking credit for the cuts that some see as phantoms. Photo by Chad K/Flickr (CC BY 2.0 Deed)

Jan. 10, 2024

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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Canada’s next big LNG project may be the sleeper climate issue of 2024

10/01/24

Author:

Seth Klein

Link:

National Observer

A delegate is silhouetted while walking past the ExxonMobil booth during the LNG2023 conference, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, July 10, 2023. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Jan. 10, 2024

One of the biggest climate stories in Canada in 2024 might well prove to be a project that, so far at least, few in the country have heard of — Ksi Lisims LNG.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy