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Oilsands companies’ ‘false’ net zero ads spur complaint to Competition Bureau

17/03/23
Author: 
Marco Chown Oved
Link: 
The Star
Catherine McKenna
Mar. 16, 2023
 

If found to have breached competition law, companies could theoretically face a fine of $9 billion.

The Pathways Alliance of oilsands companies has blanketed the country with a false advertising campaign designed to influence government and manipulate public support for the industry with the highest carbon emissions in Canada, according to a complaint filed with the Competition Bureau on Thursday.
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B.C. approves Indigenous-led Cedar LNG project

15/03/23
Author: 
CBC - The Early Edition
Link: 
CBC - The Early Edition
Cedar LNG

Mar. 15, 2023

The $3-billion Cedar LNG facility proposed by the Haisla Nation has been granted an environmental assessment certificate by the provincial government - but critics say the approval does not support BC's climate goals. We hear from Peter McCartney with the Wilderness Committee.

Listen here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-91-the-early-edition/clip/15972401-b.c.-approves-indigenous-led-cedar-lng-project

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BC Approves New LNG Plant, Introduces Oil and Gas Emission Caps

15/03/23
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Link: 
The Tyee
Premier David Eby announced approval for the Haisla Nation’s LNG project Tuesday. Chief Councillor Crystal Smith, in black dress and white shirt, said the decision ‘is about changing the course of history for my nation and Indigenous peoples everywhere.’ Photo via BC government.

Mar. 15, 2023

Haisla Nation welcomes green light, but critics sound warning on threat to province’s climate plan.

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British Columbia
Canada
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Indigenous Peoples
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'Economic Crime': Cost of Canada's Trans Mountain Pipeline Soars by Billions, Again

14/03/23
Author: 
Brett Wilkins
Link: 
Common Dreams
Climate activists use a mock oil pipeline to block the entrance to the Canadian Embassy on April 18, 2018 to protest the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion. (Photo: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Mar. 13, 2023

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Alberta
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Big Oil and Gas is shameless

11/03/23
Author: 
John Young
Link: 
National Observer
LNG Canada site construction in Kitimat. British Columbians will not end up using any of the energy produced. Credit: LNG Canada

Mar. 10, 2023

You’re probably busy just trying to make a living, so you may not have noticed that the world’s biggest oil and gas companies are making a killing.

Again.

Still.

More than ever.

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British Columbia
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B.C. about to decide on biggest pipeline yet

09/03/23
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Link: 
National Observer
A proposed gas pipeline in B.C. would run through the Skeena watershed. Photo by Brian Huntington / Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition

Mar. 9, 2023

B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman will soon decide the fate of Enbridge’s Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project — and possibly his government. First approved in 2014, the 48-inch pipeline would carry fracked gas across a complex patchwork of sovereign territories to a new LNG terminal on the coast.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
British Columbia
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B.C.’s budget is only spending one-fifth of what’s needed on climate change.

09/03/23
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
Link: 
The Tyee
‘The irony is that [the LNG Canada plant will] be BC’s largest source of pollution but will be paying less in carbon tax than regular British Columbians filling up at a gas station,’ says Sven Biggs, Canadian oil and gas programs director. Photo via Shutterstock.

Mar. 9, 2023

BC Budget Hits Snooze on Climate Action

If governments around the world take our approach, says one expert, ‘we’re fried.’

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These Rare and Beautiful BC Reefs Fight Climate Change

08/03/23
Author: 
Michelle Gamage
Link: 
The Tyee
Glass sponge reefs, only found in the cool waters of the Pacific northwest, help mitigate global warming and ocean acidification by absorbing 227 tonnes of CO2 every day. Image still from Moonless Oasis, a CBC documentary by Perpetuum Films about glass sponge reefs in Howe Sound.

Mar. 8, 2023

So why hasn’t the government cancelled oil and gas exploration permits that could damage them?

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A gas-fired LNG Canada threatens to blow up B.C.’s climate plan

04/03/23
Author: 
Sven Biggs
Link: 
National Observer
LNG Canada project site in Kitimat, B.C. in June 2022. Photo from LNG Canada website

Mar. 2, 2023

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'Tomorrow Is Too Late': Climate Strikers Target Fossil Fuel Financing Worldwide

04/03/23
Author: 
Jessica Corbett
Link: 
Common Dreams
Activists hold placards during a "'Global Climate Strike'' organized by the Fridays for Future movement in New Delhi, India on March 3, 2023. (Photo: Kabir Jhangiani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Mar. 3, 2023

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