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Energy experts are working to produce the world’s first public and complete database of fossil fuel reserves in the lead-up to this year’s UN climate summit.

The “Global Registry of Fossil Fuels” would fill a major gap in public knowledge, where only expensive or proprietary databases on fossil fuel reserves have existed before, or ones that are not detailed enough or are designed for industry use.

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Natural gas royalty credits cost B.C. $1 billion more than expected over last four years

02/02/21

Author:

Ainslie Cruickshank

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The Narwhal

B.C. has lost millions more in revenue from natural gas royalty credits than had been predicted by budget estimates between 2016 and 2019. Photo: Garth Lenz / The Narwhal

Jan 22, 2021

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B.C. collects far more money from tobacco taxes than natural gas royalties. The credit program is a big reason why

A review of four years of budget documents shows the B.C. government underestimated by $1 billion the amount of revenue it would forgo due to natural gas royalty credits, a shortfall that experts say highlights the volatile nature of markets and flaws in the province’s fossil fuel subsidy program.

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British Columbia

Climate Change

LNG - Fracking

We've run out the clock — and Trudeau's climate accountability bill isn't enough

18/01/21

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

Justin Trudeau’s long-awaited bill seeking to embed new greenhouse gas reduction targets into law provides virtually nothing in the way of robust accountability. Photo by Al.T Photography

January 15th 2021

“Winning slowly on climate is just another way of losing.”

— Bill McKibben, climate writer and co-founder of 350.org

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Ontario Pension Plan Invests Teachers’ Retirement Savings in Italian Gas Pipeline Network

05/01/21

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The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

JANUARY 5, 2021

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan closed out the year by buying a controlling interest in a fossil gas pipeline company in Italy, with an OTPP official claiming the deal is a “low- or zero-carbon” investment.

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B.C. health care workers add their names to list calling on closure of work camps during pandemic

04/01/21

Author:

Chehala Leonard

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APTN National News

Wet’suwet’en land defenders hang red dresses in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada on the fence in front of man camps. Photo courtesy: Michael Toledano

Jan 03, 2021

A letter written by Wet’suwet’en female chiefs, and backed by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and more than 400 healthcare workers, calls on the B.C. government to close “man camps” during COVID-19 pandemic, due to community risk.

An open letter written by Wet’suwet’en Ts’ako ze’ (female chiefs) is being backed by 400 health care workers in B.C. calling on the province to close work camps during the pandemic.

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Gas Company Sues to Destroy Small Town's Rights of Nature Law

15/12/20

Author:

Jessica Corbett

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Common Dreams

$A deep injection well used for disposal of wastewater is seen in California's Kern County, located over the Monterey Shale, which has endured a dramatic increase in oil drilling and hydraulic fracking in recent years. (Photo: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)$

December 15, 2020

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Project operator Chevron put its interest up for sale in 2019 but has failed to find buyer

B.C. collects far more money from tobacco taxes than natural gas royalties. The credit program is a big reason why

A letter written by Wet’suwet’en female chiefs, and backed by the Union of BC Indian Chiefs and more than 400 healthcare workers, calls on the B.C. government to close “man camps” during COVID-19 pandemic, due to community risk.

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