Energy

Canadian companies dominate the oilsands

01/07/19

Author:

Deborah Jaremko

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May 31 2019 - Canadian Natural Resources Limited’s announced acquisition of Devon Energy’s oilsands assets continues the “Canadianization” of the massive resource as international-based companies exit the sector.

The trend was already well underway well before this week’s announcement, but it’s worth taking a look at how ownership of Alberta’s massive resource will sit following the deal’s close, which is expected in June.

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Alberta

Energy

Tar Sands

Lessons for the Climate Emergency - Rationing, Moratoriums, Ending War

27/06/19

Author:

Judy Deutsch

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The Bullet

The New Deal and World War II are reminders of past transformative times, reverberating in current severe hardships and extreme dangers. Emergencies can bring clarity and reason about what to do, though at the opposite end, crises can elicit the worst outcomes, such as outlined by Naomi Klein in The Shock Doctrine.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

What Ever Happened to the Energy Transition?

26/06/19

Author:

John Treat

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The Bullet

June 26, 2019 • John Treat

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Canada’s crude by rail traffic jumps 40 percent

25/06/19

Author:

Deborah Jaremko

Link:

jwnemergy.com

Canadian crude by rail activity is on the upswing again, according to new data from the National Energy Board.

The NEB reports that rail offtake from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin averaged 236,252 bbls/d in April 2019.

“This is a 40 percent increase over March 2019 exports but still down from the record high of 353,789 b/d in December 2018,” the NEB tweeted on Friday.

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Labour And A ‘Just Transition’ from Fossil Fuels

22/05/19

Author:

Linda Flood

Link:

Consortium News

May 21, 2019 - All agree that there are no jobs on a dead planet, writes Linda Flood. But the road to fewer emissions is full of opinions.

The trade unions’ solution for a greener world is new jobs with good working conditions. The critics argue that there’s not enough time. ”We can either protect industrial jobs in the global north or save the climate,” says political scientist Tadzio Müller.

Politicians, businesses, and unions all agree: there are no jobs on a dead planet. But the road to fewer emissions is full of opinions.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Canada's emissions rose in 2017: National inventory report to UN

19/04/19

Author:

Mia Rabson

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National Post

OTTAWA — The return of oil and gas production following the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire and a colder than usual winter pushed Canada’s national greenhouse gas emissions up in 2017 for the first time in several years, a new report says.

The latest national inventory report on emissions, filed this week with the United Nations climate change secretariat, showed 716 million tonnes of greenhouse gases were produced in Canada in 2017, an increase of eight million tonnes from 2016.

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Canda's Energy Future: The Path to Transition

19/03/19

Author:

J. David Hughes

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nationbuilder.com

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

For a Fighting Ecological Trade-Unionism

05/03/19

Author:

Daniel Tanuro

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Socialist Project

How can we reconcile social struggle and environmental struggle? This question poses problems for trade unionists. To avoid a climate catastrophe, it would be necessary to reduce economic activity, to suppress useless or harmful production, to give up a substantial part of the means of transport … But what would happen to employment then? How can we avoid a surge of unemployment, a new rise of poverty and precariousness? In today’s relationship of forces, in the face of financialized and globalized capitalism, these challenges seem impossible to meet.

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Energy

Labour - Unions

Site C dam to electrify LNG industry is far from clean

04/03/19

Author:

Ben Parfitt

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The Vancouver Sun

March 4, 2019

In April 2010, when then-premier Gordon Campbell announced that B.C. was resurrecting plans to build the Site C dam, atmospheric scientist Andrew Weaver was along to lend support.

Well before he became an MLA, and later the leader of the B.C. Green party, Weaver used words to describe the controversial project that became a template for Liberal and NDP premiers to come:

Hydro power is “clean.” It is “zero-emitting” power. It “does not produce greenhouse gas emissions.” Therefore, it is good.

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B.C. under ‘enormous pressure’ to cancel Site C dam: First Nations chief

01/03/19

Author:

Sarah Cox

Link:

The Narwhal

Feb 27, 2019

Province and First Nations seeking ‘alternatives to litigation’ in confidential discussions

West Moberly First Nations are not backing down from their long battle to stop the Site C dam following Tuesday’s announcement that they will engage in confidential discussions with BC Hydro and the provincial government, says Chief Roland Willson.

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Energy

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