Once it’s burned, gas processed at the Kitimat facility will produce more emissions than all other activities within BC.
Once Kitimat’s LNG facility is expanded, gas liquefied at the site and shipped to other countries will produce more greenhouse gases than all other emissions produced by the province of B.C. each year.
In September, LNG Canada’s joint partners made their final investment decision to double the plant’s capacity.
“The polar vortex, the ring of winds that help bottle up the planet’s coldest supply of air, is weakening dramatically. Major weather models expect a significant breakdown in a week or so — the earliest collapse ever recorded.” (Weather Watch, Bloomberg, Nov. 2, 2026)
The new federal budget pledges $6 billion over 10 years for Canada’s spy agency.
Mark Carney’s Liberal government has promised to give Canada’s spy agency a massive funding increase of around 60 per cent in this year’s federal budget, which was tabled in Ottawa yesterday.
Details about how the money will be spent, however, remain murky.
Claire Seabron says she thinks Ottawa might look to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by LNG Canada shipments to Asia countries, where it will displace more carbon-intensive coal as an energy source.
The federal government could use a section in the 2015 Paris Treaty to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by foreign nations replacing coal with natural gas shipments from Canada, according to a former chief of staff to the energy minister.
TORONTO — U.S. asset manager Blackstone and four Canadian institutional investors have signed a US$3.1-billion deal to acquire a non-controlling stake in the Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary that holds an interest in LNG Canada, the country’s first liquefied natural gas export facility.
he Canadian Council of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) has voted in support of a resolution calling on workers to refuse to handle weapons and military equipment destined for Israel.
The CLC stands in solidarity with Palestinian workers and their families, and with all those calling for peace, justice, and respect for international law.
Canada has a responsibility to ensure that weapons and military equipment produced here are not used to harm Palestinian civilians or contribute to violations of international humanitarian law.
Elon Musk is a clear and present danger to Canada. Full stop.
Just look at Ukraine.
The UK Telegraph reported that Musk approached Trump with the plan to jam the Starlink system to leave the Ukrainian cities defenceless from Russian bombing.
This unprecedented interference reveals the dangerous power of the trillionaire class. They have lined up on the side of authoritarianism and are willing to use the control they have over the digital realm to threaten democratic nations.
Saturday Oct 17th saw the biggest student uprising in France since the defeat of Sarkozy’s CPE legislation in the mid 2000s. An estimated 800,000 protested across the country. Saturday was billed as the mother of all protests as the movement of secondary school students was to be joined by the famous ‘Yellow Vests’.
Canadian climate movement tells Carney what we’re for & what we’re against; and news on another emergency – the poison drug crisis
Prime Minister Carney has said, “Don’t tell me what you are against; tell me what you are for.” Well, with respect to the first part – tough! Telling the truth about the climate emergency requires saying “No” to new fossil fuel infrastructure. But with respect to the second request – done!
