Capitalism

Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?

08/02/25

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Laurie Adkin

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When U.S. President Donald Trump says Americans do not need Canada’s oil and gas, I say, “all the better for us.” Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is poised to swallow us all up?

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon

07/02/25

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Brandi Morin

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Ricochet Media

Juostin Antun goes fishing by hand while wearing traditional Shuar clothing. All photos by Ian Willms

Feb. 6, 2025

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Trump’s Threats Expose Canada’s Utter Dependency On The U.S.

03/02/25

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Adam D.K. King

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The Maple

Feb. 3, 2025

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B.C. can have affordable, renewable power – or LNG

01/02/25

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Kai Nagata

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Dogwood BC

Jan. 30, 2025

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

British Columbia faces an urgent choice: renewable power or LNG? Our government claims we can have both.

But the absurd reality is that British Columbians are paying billions to build new electrical infrastructure — namely the Site C dam and North Coast Transmission Line — for the benefit of foreign oil and gas companies.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The 8 talking points fossil fuel companies use to obstruct climate action

30/01/25

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Joseph Winters

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National Observer

Jan. 28, 2025

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

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Should Labour (UK) really value its economic ambitions over its environmental duty?

30/01/25

Author:

Helena Horton

The number of annual flights could go up to 720,000 with a third runway, according to Heathrow, an average of almost 2,000 flights a day. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Jan. 30, 2025 - The Guardian Newsletter

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World Bank and IMF — Keeping Pakistan in Shackles

24/01/25

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Farooq Tariq

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The Bullet

Jan. 24, 2025

On 11th December 2024, while replying to a question in Pakistan’s National Assembly, the federal finance minister admitted for the first time that since 2019, and while under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, gas prices increased by a record 840% and electricity tariffs rose by over 110%.

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4 of Canada's biggest banks leave Mark Carney-led climate initiative

24/01/25

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The Canadian Press

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CBC News

Four Canadian banks have joined several U.S. banks in pulling out of a global alliance that supports efforts to align lending, investment and other financial activities with the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A person makes their way past a Toronto-Dominion Bank branch in Toronto, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)

Jan. 18, 2025

Banks say they can go it alone to help the push toward achieving net-zero emissions

Four of Canada's biggest banks have left the UN-backed Net-Zero Banking Alliance that aims to accelerate climate action among financial institutions.

Banks including BMO, National Bank, TD Bank Group and CIBC confirmed Friday they were no longer members.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Donald Trump’s billionaire backers plan LNG boom in Canada

24/01/25

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Kai Nagata

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Dogwood BC

Donald Trump’s billionaire backers plan LNG boom in Canada

Jan. 22, 2025

B.C. terminals key to the U.S. gas industry’s battle against renewable energy

Wall Street investment firms are betting on LNG projects in Canada as part of the “Unleashing American Energy” strategy, unveiled this week by President Donald Trump.

“We will drill, baby drill,” Trump declared to a standing ovation at his inauguration ceremony, signaling the MAGA movement’s plan to flood world markets with North American oil and gas.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy