Industry Spin

07/03/23
Author: 
Geoff Dembicki
Senior executives from Suncor and other oil sands producers appear in a recent Pathways Alliance ad. Source: PathwaysAlliance.ca

Mar 6, 2023

‘That would be a death knell for our climate targets,’ says climate advocate.

Oil sands producers plan to spend billions of dollars on emissions-reducing technologies so that they can boost production and sell more of their climate-warming products overseas, an industry lobby group explained to Canada’s federal government on multiple occasions. 

04/03/23
Author: 
Jake Johnson
Image Credit: Lisa Ferdinando

Mar. 4, 2023

Pharma ‘myth’ debunked as study shows US public poured $32 billion into mRNA vaccines

"Without public investment, there would be no mRNA vaccines."

Vaccine equity campaigners said Thursday that a new peer-reviewed study published in a major medical journal should put to rest the pharmaceutical industry’s “false narrative” that its own investments were responsible for the rapid development of mRNA vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

21/02/23
Author: 
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
Researchers have found that adding some types of seaweed to cattle feed can help reduce the methane emitted from their gut. Photo by Jesse Winter/National Observer

Feb. 21, 2023

Trans Mountain Corporation purchased carbon credits from a tiny, non-functioning Alberta startup proposing to produce seaweed-based additives that reduce methane emissions from cows, Canada's National Observer has found.

15/02/23
Author: 
Geoffrey Morgan
A tanker at sea off a Cheniere Energy liquefied natural gas terminal on the US Gulf Coast.  Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg Photos

But see: https://ecosocialistsvancouver.org/article/chart-lng-expansion-plans-threaten-global-climate-progress "The gas industry aims to dramatically expand capacity for exporting liquefied natural gas. That would be very bad news for the climate."

Feb. 13, 2023

15/02/23
Author: 
Canary Staff
LNG expansion plans threaten global climate progress

Feb. 3, 2023

The gas industry aims to dramatically expand capacity for exporting liquefied natural gas. That would be very bad news for the climate.

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format.

11/02/23
Author: 
Sarah Cox
Alberta's energy war room is promoting the expansion of liquefied natural gas projects in B.C. as construction continues on Canada's first LNG export project in Kitimat, B.C. Photo: LNG Canada

Feb. 7, 2023

Alberta’s energy war room campaign to promote the carbon-intensive LNG industry comes as B.C. admits it will miss emissions targets, even without accounting for new LNG

The BC Natural Resources Forum attracts a who’s who of the forestry, mining and oil and gas sectors to its annual gathering in Prince George. 

09/02/23
Author: 
Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health
Canadian Pension Climate Report Card

Feb. 9, 2023

We hope you enjoyed Wednesday’s webinar on the Canadian Pension Climate Report Card.

If you missed the webinar, or if you want to share the recording with others, view the slides or review links we shared, you can now do that on our website:

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