LNG - Fracking

Another New Northern BC Pipeline???!!!!

12/09/22

Author:

Matt Simmons

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$Enbridge's little-known northern B.C. pipeline would transport up to 8.4 billion cubic feet of fracked gas daily. The company is seeking an amendment that would shorten its route and avoid Blueberry River First Nations territory, and considering a request for an extension that would keep the project in play until 2029. Illustration: Shawn Parkinson / The Narwhal$

Sept. 8, 2022

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Global emissions implications of continuing to increase Canada’s oil production

04/09/22

Author:

Gooderham Nathan

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Gooderham Nathan Climate Action

[Web page editor: Read this exposure of the Canadian government's duplicity on emissions.]

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'The Insanity Continues': Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Nearly Doubled in 2021

03/09/22

Author:

Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

People look at a coal-fired power plant in Peitz, Germany on October 29, 2021. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Sept. 1, 2022

"Fossil fuel subsidies are a roadblock to a more sustainable future," said the head of the International Energy Agency.

An analysis published this week found that government subsidies bolstering the production and consumption of coal, oil, and gas nearly doubled in 2021, even as climate scientists warned that fossil fuel development must be rapidly cut off if the international community is to have any hope of stopping runaway planetary warming.

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In Canada-Germany hydrogen alliance, the devil’s in the details

25/08/22

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz examine a hydrogen powered toy car as they tour a trade show, Tuesday, August 23, 2022 in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Aug. 25, 2022

An alliance formed this week between the governments of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz revealed a major point of disagreement that could determine the future of hydrogen in the global economy.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Climate Change

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Social

Will Canada bet on the wrong solution to Europe’s energy crisis?

24/08/22

Author:

Rob Miller

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National Observer

Europe and Canada need to invest in the energy transition, not new fossil fuel infrastructure that will start becoming stranded assets over the next 10 to 15 years. Photo by Lemon Pepper Pictures/Unsplash

Aug. 23, 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The time-bomb town Ontario didn’t defuse

19/08/22

Author:

EMMA GRANEY, CHEN WANG, JEFF GRAY AND COLIN GRAF

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The Globe and Mail

The first sign that something was wrong in Wheatley, Ont., came via a call to 911 on June 2, 2021, at 2:22 p.m. Building owner Whit Thiele had discovered a gas leak.

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Mr. Thiele had bought 15 Erie St. North in 2016 and turned it into a popular local pub called The Pogue, but the business had struggled during the pandemic and eventually closed.

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Canada

Ecology/Environment

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The world is ablaze and the oil industry just posted record profits. It’s us or them

12/08/22

Author:

Hamilton Nolan

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The Guardian

‘The war in Ukraine, which has devastated a region of the world and displaced millions, has helped energy companies by driving oil and gas prices higher.’ Photograph: David Goldman/AP

Aug. 2, 2022

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Canada was eyeing Europe’s gas market months before Russian invasion

04/08/22

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Jonathan WIlkinson speaks at an event at the United Nations' COP26 climate conference on Nov. 6, 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by Karwai Tang via COP26 / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Aug. 4, 2022

Canada was quietly trying to muscle in on Europe’s gas market months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushed the continent’s energy security to mainstream attention, documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer reveal.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Cost of Coastal GasLink pipeline leaps 70% to $11.2 billion

29/07/22

Author:

Christopher Reynolds

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National Observer

Until Thursday, the cost estimate for the 670-kilometre pipeline, which aims to carry natural gas to the LNG Canada processing and export facility in Kitimat, B.C., stood at $6.6 billion. File photo

July 28th 2022

The projected cost of the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline spanning northern British Columbia has jumped 70 per cent to $11.2 billion in the wake of a freshly inked deal between operator TC Energy Corp. and the group building a liquified natural gas terminal on the West Coast.

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The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change

28/07/22

Author:

Jane McMullen

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BBC

July 23, 2022

Thirty years ago, a bold plan was cooked up to spread doubt and persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. The little-known meeting - between some of America's biggest industrial players and a PR genius - forged a devastatingly successful strategy that endured for years, and the consequences of which are all around us.

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"Fossil fuel subsidies are a roadblock to a more sustainable future," said the head of the International Energy Agency.

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