LNG - Fracking

Oil and Gas Exploration Surges Despite Promised Transition Out of Fossil Fuels

31/07/24

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The Energy Mix

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July 29, 2024

Oil and gas exploration has surged to pre-pandemic levels this year, and Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Norway account for two-thirds of the new oil and gas licences since 2020, the International Institute for Sustainable Development revealed today.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Vancouver ditches gas ban for new buildings

28/07/24

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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National Observer

Vancouver mayor Ken Sim and his ABC party have reversed Vancouver's much-lauded plan to phase out natural gas in new buildings. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press

July 25, 2024

A group of conservative Vancouver city councillors have reversed the city's pioneering pro-climate measures restricting the use of natural gas in new buildings. Implemented in 2020, the rules made Vancouver the first Canadian municipality to restrict gas for climate reasons and inspired dozens of other local governments to do the same.

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Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

24/07/24

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Oliver Milman and Nina Lakhani, with graphics by Andrew Witherspoon

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The Guardian

July 24, 2024

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Will BC Fall off Its LNG Tightrope?

23/07/24

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

In an interview with Bloomberg News, BC Premier David Eby told the American news outlet that he believes the province can expand LNG exports without them all ‘showing up on BC’s books.’ Photo via BC government Flickr.

July 23, 2024

The premier says we can expand fossil fuel infrastructure and meet our climate goals. A Tyee fact check.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Feeling the Heat: Capitalism and Global Warming

21/07/24

Author:

Marty Hart-Landsberg

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The Bullet

July 21, 2024

We are in real trouble. Global carbon dioxide emissions (the main cause of global warming) continue to rise, hitting a new high in 2023. Last year was also the hottest in recorded history and, year by year, more Americans are feeling the consequences. Yet, we have seen only modest attempts to bring emissions down.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Government now expecting hydrogen market to be worth 16% of 2020 estimate

10/07/24

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

July 8, 2024

Four years ago, Canada crafted a plan to capitalize on a global hydrogen market the government expected to be worth up to $11.7 trillion by mid-century. Billions of dollars of public money has been provided to seize the country’s share of the pie.

But there’s a problem: the global market is shrinking before their eyes.

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There's a fossil fuel fox in the henhouse as Ottawa develops a clean hydrogen economy

03/07/24

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

July 3, 2024

Natural Resources Canada tapped a fossil fuel lobby group to help provide recommendations on expanding the nascent hydrogen sector, documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer reveal.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

How BC’s oil and gas industry sidestepped carbon pricing

03/07/24

Author:

Marc Lee

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - CCPA

How BC’s oil and gas industry sidestepped carbon pricing - illustration

Jun. 27, 2024

When BC first introduced a carbon tax in 2008 the point was to apply it to all emissions causing climate change, but start at a low rate and increase it over time. Yet, as the carbon tax has increased for households at the gas pump and to heat homes, large industrial players—including the oil and gas industry that is causing climate change—have steadily evaded their carbon tax.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

‘Economic reconciliation’ is a false promise for Indigenous peoples

03/07/24

Author:

Janelle Lapointe

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The Breach

Jun. 28, 2024

The rise of “natural gas” as a form of reconciliation is a strategy of the fossil fuel industry to maintain their grip on our energy systems and profit off Indigenous lands.

Sitting alongside Indigenous leaders with a Canadian flag draped behind him, Pierre Poilievre began his announcement.

“For hundreds of years, First Nations have suffered under a broken system that gives power over their lives to a far away government in Ottawa that decides for them,” he said.

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Climate Politics in the Age of Populist Denialism

30/06/24

Author:

Richard Sandbrook

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The Bullet

Jun. 30, 2024

You can have a scientifically rigorous diagnosis of climate change, together with a plethora of reasonable policies to tackle the problem, but if your program lacks a strong coalition and powerful political strategy, it will fail.

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