Canada

Canadian companies about to own 80 percent of oilsands production

30/05/19

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The recent deals from Calgary-based Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy and Athabasca Oil Corporation to acquire billions in oilsands assets have brought much attention to the level of Canadian ownership of these projects and operations.

It’s time to look at the numbers.

As it turns out, even before the approximately $31 billion combined value of these mining and thermal oil transactions, Canadian companies were responsible for the majority of bitumen volumes.

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Dear Journalists of Canada: Start Reporting Climate Change as an Emergency

29/05/19

Author:

Sean Holman

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The Tyee

Few media stories mentioned the demonstrable connection between the climate crisis and increasing wildfire activity in BC last summer, even though it was one of the major reasons why that season was the worst on record. Photo via the BC Wildfire Service.

A five-point plan for mainstream media to cover fewer royal babies and more of our unfolding catastrophe.

To:
Karyn Pugliese, president, Canadian Association of Journalists
Martin O’Hanlon, president, CWA Canada
Fiona Conway, president, Radio Television Digital News Association
John Hinds, president and chief executive officer, News Media Canada
Jerry Dias, national president, Unifor

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Canada

Climate Change

Groups Release Call to Action for North American Forest & Climate Movement Radical transformation needed to change the economic and political systems

29/05/19

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Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Justice Ecology Project and Shawnee Forest Defense!

Please join Indigenous Environmental Network, Global Justice Ecology Project and Shawnee Forest Defense! in October for The Resurgence: 2019 Forest & Climate Movement Convergence where we will join together diverse movements to build strategies with action to fundamentally transform the system that is destroying life on Earth.

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B.C.’s LNG tax breaks and subsidies offside with the need for climate action

26/05/19

Author:

Marc Lee

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Georgia Straight

CCPA's senior economist points out that the LNG Canada agreement locks in tax and subsidy provisions for 20 years against future changes by governments.

The B.C. government’s new fiscal framework for LNG is fundamentally at odds with the province’s CleanBC climate plan.

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5 ways you can support the school climate strikes

23/05/19

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350.org

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350.org

May 19, 2019

Over 1.6 million students across the globe have been striking on Fridays: for the climate, for our future. Here’s 5 ways you can support students going out on strike again on 24 May, and answer their call for real climate action.

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Frustrated by Pipeline Myths Albertans Tell Themselves? Here Are the Facts

23/05/19

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

21 May 2019

A guide to educating relatives and friends who cling to oily falsehoods.

Alberta’s major exports these days seem to be piles of misinformation, denial, blame, and propaganda on the state-owned Trans Mountain pipeline.

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Why progressives should reject the carbon tax

18/05/19

Author:

Paul Abela

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The Globe and Mail

May 6, 2019 - Economists tell us that the federal carbon tax will provide an end to the “externalization” of the costs associated with CO2 emissions. Environmentalists tell us that increasing the cost of carbon-intensive energy will alter consumer behaviour and “save the planet.” Politicians levy the tax and tell us that we’re all in this thing together.

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Canada and a Green New Deal - Upcoming Town Hall

17/05/19

Author:

Clayton Thomas-Müller

Friends,

Today, the House of Commons saw two separate motions calling on Canada to declare a climate change emergency. This is a big deal, since it means many of our politicians are finally waking up to see climate change as what it is -- a global crisis that demands urgent action.

But, actions speak louder than words. If, and likely when, it passes next week, this emergency declaration will still be backed up by a climate plan that misses the Paris targets and puts us on track to exceed 4ºC of global temperature rise.

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Canada

Climate Change

Labour a Key Partner in a Canadian Green New Deal

09/05/19

Author:

Rick Smith and Ken NeumannI

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United Steel Workers

MAY 06, 2019

In a month where unprecedented floods have ravaged many Canadian communities, the immediate perils of climate change have never been more evident. At the same time, the news is full of reports underlining the economic anxiety felt by many Canadians. One recent poll showed that nearly half of us fear that we’re only $200 away from personal bankruptcy.

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Canada

Climate Change

Labour - Unions

Canada’s forests haven’t absorbed more carbon than they’ve released since 2001

08/05/19

Author:

Sarah Lawrynuik

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Narwhal

Up until the last two decades, our forests had the power to sequester in excess of a hundred megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent each year

Ted Hogg’s research usually takes him much deeper in Canada’s boreal forest — but on a chilly day strolling through Edmonton’s river valley, it doesn’t take long before he sees examples of the damage he’s looking for.

Pointing to several of the snow bearing trees, he indicates the deaths he’s already witnessing from climate change.

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Canada

CCPA's senior economist points out that the LNG Canada agreement locks in tax and subsidy provisions for 20 years against future changes by governments.

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