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Will BC Support Future Pipeline Development?

30/11/22
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
Link: 
The Tyee
BC Premier David Eby, who spoke Tuesday at the opening of the First Nations Leaders’ Gathering, has shared few details about his climate plans since taking office almost two weeks ago. Photo via BC government.

Nov. 30, 2022

Former premier John Horgan said CGL is ‘fully permitted’ and DRIPA is ‘forward looking.’ So what about the three other projects authorized for the North?

At the recent COP27 conference in Egypt, B.C. Environment Minister George Heyman was asked about the future of liquified natural gas in B.C.

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More “Hot Air” from COP27

29/11/22
Author: 
Tim Louis
Link: 
Tim Louis
COP27 sign

Nov. 25, 2022

COP27 is over, and I am devastated by the magnitude of its failure.

If ever there was a need for decisive action by world leaders, it is now. That is because if we have not already passed the point of no return, we are perilously close.

Yet COP27 produced no commitment to phase out oil and gas production. No commitment to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

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The renewable energy transition is failing

29/11/22
Author: 
Richard Heinberg
Link: 
Canadian Dimension
A large white rooftop covered in solar panels. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.

Nov. 22, 2022

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Canada doesn’t appear to have a plan to welcome climate migrants

26/11/22
Author: 
Daphné Dossios
Link: 
Ricochet Media

Nov. 24, 2022

COP27 ends with a new promise from wealthy nations to help pay losses and damages to developing countries

Growing up in Ghana, Jamima Baada watched her community, including members of her own family, migrate from one region to another less impacted by climate change.

Now she teaches climate change and human migration at the University of British Columbia.

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The Dirty Dozen: ‘Carbon bombs’ threaten to blow up Canada’s climate commitments

23/11/22
Author: 
Nicholas Gottlieb, graphics by Elysse Deveaux
Link: 
Ricochet Media
The Dirty Dozen: ‘Carbon bombs’ threaten to blow up Canada’s climate commitments

Website Editor: A great summary of Canada's fossil fuels situation and politics in this article.

Nov. 22, 2022

Canada wants to be the last country producing fossil fuels, even if it kills us

COP27 is over. The UN summit took one big step forward on climate justice with the creation of a loss and damage fund for the most impacted nations, while taking two enormous steps backwards by failing to call for a phaseout of all fossil fuels.

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Carbon trading: A tool for reconciliation or colonization?

23/11/22
Author: 
Matteo Cimellaro
Link: 
National Observer
Eriel Tchekwie Deranger at a protest at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Deranger critiques how carbon markets may affect Indigenous nations. Photo by John Woodside / Canada's National Observer

Nov. 23, 2022

Eriel Tchekwie Deranger’s home community of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is in what she calls a “sacrifice zone.” The nation borders the oil production epicentre of Canada: the oilsands, which leak toxic chemicals and wreak havoc on local ecosystems.

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How much of Canada’s ongoing climate failure is caused by oil and gas industry pollution?

22/11/22
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Link: 
National Observer
Oil and gas in Canada

Nov. 21, 2022

Canada's failure to reduce climate pollution has left us far behind most of our peer nations. The primary cause of this failure has been surging emissions from our oil and gas industry. Unfortunately, it’s not the only Canadian sector with stubbornly rising emissions.

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‘Uncontrolled Emissions Everywhere’ as Canada Tackles Methane

19/11/22
Author: 
Primary Author: Bob Weber
Link: 
The Energy Mix
Richard Webb/Geograph

Nov. 16, 2022

As the federal government moves to tighten regulations on methane emissions, new assessments suggest the amount of the potent greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere has been significantly underestimated.

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Environment minister says emissions cap on oil and gas coming by end of 2023

19/11/22
Author: 
Mia Rabson
Link: 
National Observer
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Nov. 15, 2022

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Many Holes in Ottawa's Draft Methane Regulations

19/11/22
Author: 
Cloe Logan
Link: 
National Observer
A natural gas flare at an oilfield. Photo by Jonathan Cutrer via Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Nov. 16, 2022

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault proposed regulations Tuesday that would help Canada cut back on emissions of methane in the oil and gas industry, a powerful greenhouse gas.

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