Industry Spin

Corporate obstructionism endangers meaningful climate action — and the stakes couldn't be higher

03/12/20

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Bruce S. Campbell

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Broad-based citizen mobilization is essential to ensuring the implementation of emissions reduction measures are commensurate with the urgency of the crisis, says Bruce Campbell. Photo by Shutterstock

December 3rd 2020

With COVID-19 cases soaring in Canada and abroad, the immediacy of the pandemic is understandably sidelining public attention on the climate crisis barrelling down the tracks — with catastrophic effects if not reversed over the next 10 years.

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Plant-based meats are on the rise. But are they sustainable?

03/12/20

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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National Observer

Johann Wieghardt trying out plant-based deli meats for the first time. “Better than I thought it would be. Would consider eating it if I was going to become vegetarian,” he said. Photo by Rochelle Baker

Dec. 3 2020

Vegetables are becoming increasingly common in an unusual place: the grocery store meat aisle.

Sales of alternative, or plant-based, meats are booming worldwide. Driven by skyrocketing demand from consumers striving to cut back on meat and companies facing increasing pressure to reduce their environmental footprint, the market is anticipated to reach $23.1 billion by 2025.

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Following the Money Spotlights ‘Big Banks’ Green Bafflegab’

03/12/20

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Primary Author: Matt Price

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The Energy Mix

Dec. 2, 2020

This post by campaigner and Engagement Organizing author Matt Price appeared on The Tyee last week. We’re republishing it in full with permission from both.

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Imperial Oil's massive write-off suggests the era of stranded Canadian assets is already here

01/12/20

Author:

Yadullah Hussain

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Financial Post

Dec. 1, 2020

Imperial Oil just became the most high-profile Canadian oil producer to give up on some of its fossil fuel assets in Alberta.

“Imperial has re-assessed the long-term development plans of its unconventional portfolio in Alberta, Canada and no longer plans to develop a significant portion of this portfolio,” the company said in a statement after markets closed on Monday.

The company said would take an impairment charge of about $900 million to $1.2 billion in the latest quarter.

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Offshore drilling in marine refuge guided by ‘best available science,’ regulator says

24/11/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

An access area for offshore oil drilling in the hull of the drillship Ocean Blackrhino in 2017. U.S. Department of the Interior photo

Nov. 24, 2020

Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil regulator says it expects the “best available science” will be followed when determining the environmental impact of drilling in a fragile Atlantic marine refuge.

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Managers at Tyson meat plant had betting pool on how many workers would get Covid, lawsuit alleges

22/11/20

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Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business

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CNN Business

November 19, 2020

New York (CNN Business)Tyson supervisors at a pork processing facility in Waterloo, Iowa took bets on how many workers would get infected with Covid-19, even as they took measures to protect themselves and denied knowledge of the spread of the illness at work, according to new allegations in a lawsuit against the company and some employees.

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Trans Mountain expansion project has been a COVID-free zone, says CEO

19/11/20

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David Thurton ·

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CBC News

At an annual public meeting, the government-owned project was accused of holding back information

Nov 19, 2020

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Trans Mountain will be forced to re-drill under Thompson River

02/11/20

Author:

Jessica Wallace

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Kamloops This Week

A Trans Mountain worksite along Mission Flats Road, where pipe from across the Thompson River at Kamloops Airport will be pulled through. Photograph By MICHAEL POTESTIO/KTW

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Trans Mountain will be re-drilling under the Thompson River, following what it called “technical challenges” encountered while installing pipe during its pipeline twinning project.

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Trans Mountain expansion hits snag, must re-start drilling beneath Thompson River in Kamloops

01/11/20

Author:

James Peters

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CFJC Today

Oct 29, 2020

KAMLOOPS — Trans Mountain (TMX) has had a major setback in its expansion project through Kamloops.

The pipeline twinning includes a segment beneath the Thompson River that must be installed after Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is completed.

In a statement emailed to CFJC Today, Trans Mountain says installation of the pipe in the segment beneath the river encountered “technical challenges” that require the entire HDD process to be restarted.

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Trans Mountain expansion may not be economically viable, says think tank report

30/10/20

Author:

David Thurton

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CBC News

Oct 29, 2020

Workers unload pipe to start right-of-way construction for the Trans Mountain expansion project in Acheson, Alta., Dec. 3, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)

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At an annual public meeting, the government-owned project was accused of holding back information

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