LNG - Fracking

01/12/22
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
A screenshot from the Fuelling Canada ad campaign, which claims natural gas is clean, environmentally friendly and affordable. Image via Fuelling Canada.

Dec. 1, 2022

The feds are investigating claims made by the Canadian Gas Association about its product being ‘clean’ and ‘budget-friendly.’

The Canadian Gas Association is being investigated for alleged greenwashing after it claimed its product was clean, environmentally friendly and affordable in its Fuelling Canada ad campaign.

01/12/22
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Tuesday’s 5.8 tremor occurred in an area where wastewater is injected underground, building pressure over time.

Dec. 1, 2022

Tuesday’s 5.8 tremor occurred in an area where wastewater is injected underground, building pressure over time.

A cluster of tremors, including the largest recorded earthquake in Alberta’s history, may have been due to oil and gas activity in the region.

On Tuesday evening Earthquakes Canada recorded a tremor registering a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale that shook up a large portion of northwestern Alberta and B.C.

30/11/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
BC Premier David Eby, who spoke Tuesday at the opening of the First Nations Leaders’ Gathering, has shared few details about his climate plans since taking office almost two weeks ago. Photo via BC government.

Nov. 30, 2022

Former premier John Horgan said CGL is ‘fully permitted’ and DRIPA is ‘forward looking.’ So what about the three other projects authorized for the North?

At the recent COP27 conference in Egypt, B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman was asked about the future of liquified natural gas in B.C.

29/11/22
Author: 
Tim Louis
COP27 sign

Nov. 25, 2022

COP27 is over, and I am devastated by the magnitude of its failure.

If ever there was a need for decisive action by world leaders, it is now. That is because if we have not already passed the point of no return, we are perilously close.

Yet COP27 produced no commitment to phase out oil and gas production. No commitment to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

26/11/22
Author: 
Daphné Dossios

Nov. 24, 2022

COP27 ends with a new promise from wealthy nations to help pay losses and damages to developing countries

Growing up in Ghana, Jamima Baada watched her community, including members of her own family, migrate from one region to another less impacted by climate change.

Now she teaches climate change and human migration at the University of British Columbia.

23/11/22
Author: 
Nicholas Gottlieb, graphics by Elysse Deveaux
The Dirty Dozen: ‘Carbon bombs’ threaten to blow up Canada’s climate commitments

Website Editor: A great summary of Canada's fossil fuels situation and politics in this article.

Nov. 22, 2022

Canada wants to be the last country producing fossil fuels, even if it kills us

COP27 is over. The UN summit took one big step forward on climate justice with the creation of a loss and damage fund for the most impacted nations, while taking two enormous steps backwards by failing to call for a phaseout of all fossil fuels.

23/11/22
Author: 
Matteo Cimellaro
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger at a protest at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Deranger critiques how carbon markets may affect Indigenous nations. Photo by John Woodside / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 23, 2022

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger’s home community of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is in what she calls a “sacrifice zone.” The nation borders the oil production epicentre of Canada: the oilsands, which leak toxic chemicals and wreak havoc on local ecosystems.

22/11/22
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Oil and gas in Canada

Nov. 21, 2022

Canada's failure to reduce climate pollution has left us far behind most of our peer nations. The primary cause of this failure has been surging emissions from our oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, it’s not the only Canadian sector with stubbornly rising emissions.

19/11/22
Author: 
Primary Author: Bob Weber
Richard Webb/Geograph

Nov. 16, 2022

As the federal government moves to tighten regulations on methane emissions, new assessments suggest the amount of the potent greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere has been significantly underestimated.

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