Industry Spin

'Scale is important' Cenovus CEO says of massive deal for Husky

28/10/20

Author:

Chris Varcoe

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The Bow building headquarters for Cenovus Energy was photographed on Sunday, October 25, 2020. Cenovus Energy is buying Husky Energy for $23.6 billion the companies said in a joint announcement on Sunday. PHOTO BY GAVIN YOUNG/POSTMEDIA

Oct 26, 2020

A new wave of oilpatch consolidation has been widely expected since oil prices cratered this spring, undercutting share prices and piling debt onto Canadian petroleum producers.

Some smaller deals have unfolded this fall, but Cenovus Energy’s mammoth $3.8-billion acquisition of integrated producer Husky Energy on Sunday lit the fuse on the biggest corporate takeover in Canada’s oilpatch in several years.

And there will likely be more deals to come.

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Solving the Climate Crisis - 5 areas that could make a difference

12/10/20

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BofASecurities

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BofASecurities

For the future of the world’s economies and the people who live in them, climate change can no longer be ignored—and investors may have a role to play.

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Capitalism

Climate Change

Industry Spin

Ottawa Set to Declare Plastics as Toxic Substance

07/10/20

Author:

Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

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Energy Now

March 12, 2020

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How the Corporate Media Helps the Fossil Fuel Industry Dupe the American Public on Climate

01/10/20

Author:

Aman Azhar

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The Real News

Rebels from Extinction Rebellion DC (XRDC) set off smoke flares and dumped ash outside CNN’s DC offices on Friday, September 18, in protest at news outlet's coverage of the wildfire crisis. Credit: Gabe Cowan (XRDC)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The views of large businesses and opponents of climate action are given outsized coverage to sway climate debate.

For nearly three decades, mainstream American news outlets duped the public on climate change by publishing significantly more news stories that denied climate science compared to those that said it was occurring, according to a recent study.

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‘Grassroots’ oil and gas advocacy group Canada Action received $100,000 from ARC Resources

27/06/20

Author:

Carol Linnitt

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The Narwhal

Documents obtained by The Narwhal reveal Canada Action, an organization that promotes the natural resources industries while criticizing the environmental movement, receives funding from the oil and gas sector

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Polluter bailouts and lobbying during Covid-19 pandemic

20/04/20

Author:

Damian Carrington

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National Observer

Jason Kenney speaks at the Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa on Feb. 10, 2018. Alberta premier Jason Kenney’s government has pledged $5bn in support for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. File photo by Alex Tétrault

April 19th 2020

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

Polluting industries around the world are using the coronavirus pandemic to gain billions of dollars in bailouts and to weaken and delay environmental protections.

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Exxon CEO dismisses rivals' climate targets as 'beauty competition'

06/03/20

Author:

Carl Surran, SA News Editor

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Seeking Alpha

Mar. 5, 2020

Defending the business of fossil fuels and resisting targets on carbon emissions, Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) CEO Darren Woods today called pledges by some of its Big Oil rivals to cut carbon dioxide emissions a "beauty competition" that would do little to halt climate change.

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Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Stands in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation

03/03/20

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Democratic Socialists of America

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Democratic Socialists of America

MARCH 2, 2020

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The EU’s Green Deal is a Colossal Exercise in Greenwashing

17/02/20

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Yanis Varoufakis, David Adler

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Resilience

The Niederaussem coal-fired power plant near Bergheim, Germany. Photograph: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

February 11, 2020

Emergencies tend to reveal our true priorities. When our house is burning down or the storm waters are flooding in, we hold on to what we value most, and leave the rest behind.

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Global

Green New Deal/LEAP

Industry Spin

The Wet’suwet’en are more united than pipeline backers want you to think

15/02/20

Author:

Amber Bracken

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Macleans

This is, left to right: Dinï ze’ Knedebeas, Warner William, Dinï ze’ Hagwilnegh, Ron Mitchell, Dinï ze’ Woos, Frank Alec, Dinï ze’ Madeek, Jeff Brown, Dinï ze’ Gisday’wa, Fred Tom. In back is Dinï ze’ Ste ohn tsiy, Rob Alfred. Wet’suwet’en territory near Houston, B.C. on Jan. 4, 2020. (Amber Bracken)

Feb 14, 2020

The difference between Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and elected chiefs are rooted in Aboriginal title, an issue that the Government of Canada continues to leave unresolved

Amber Bracken is an award-winning photojournalist based in Edmonton. Much of her reporting focuses on issues affecting Indigenous people. She’s spent months, over multiple trips, covering the interpretation of Aboriginal title rights inside Wet’suwet’en territory.

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Industry Spin

The views of large businesses and opponents of climate action are given outsized coverage to sway climate debate.

Documents obtained by The Narwhal reveal Canada Action, an organization that promotes the natural resources industries while criticizing the environmental movement, receives funding from the oil and gas sector

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