LNG - Fracking

Conservative climate claims a cover for LNG exports

27/11/19

Author:

Chris Turner

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Jason Kenney and Justin Trudeau. File photo

n a recent speech at an oil industry conference, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney trafficked, as he often does, in climate inaccuracy. In itself, that’s not remarkable. The sun also rose and set that day.

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B.C. subsidizes fossil fuels to tune of hundreds of millions annually, according to study

25/11/19

Author:

Matt Robinson

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The Vancouver Sun

November 25, 2019

"I knew that there were subsidies. I had no idea that we were literally giving up billions of dollars …"

— Tzeporah Berman, the International Program Director at advocacy group Stand.earth

B.C.’s provincial government provided at least $830 million in subsidies in 2017-18 for the production and consumption of fossil fuels, according to a new report out of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

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British Columbia

LNG - Fracking

Oil - Pipelines

Enviros Tools of Russians? The Weird Conspiracy Theory Firing up Kenney’s Inquiry

22/11/19

Author:

Geoff Dembicki

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The Tyee

Texas Republican Lamar Smith, a noted climate denier and big recipient of oil and gas political donations, led a House committee that produced a report suggesting environmentalists are manipulated by the Russian government.

SPECIAL REPORT: Alberta’s ‘anti-energy’ probe makes a debunked US report its must-read.

Nov. 22, 2019

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Corporate Mapping Project reveals CPP ties to oil and gas, as pension fund denies influence

21/11/19

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

File photo of diesel fuel storage tanks at an oilsands facility in 2014. Pembina Institute Photo

November 20th 2019

Canada’s biggest pension fund says it's “unfathomable” that the fossil fuel sector could wield disproportionate influence over its investment decisions, after a new report claims members of its board of directors and staff are "entangled with the oil and gas industry."

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City of Vancouver still far short of achieving 2020 greenhouse gas reduction target

21/11/19

Author:

Charlie Smith

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Georgia Straight

In October, climate protesters filled the streets of Vancouver demanding more action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. JANET MCDONALD

November 19th, 2019

The City of Vancouver is rarely described as a climate laggard.

But a report shows it is falling far short of its Greenest City Action Plan goal for reducing emissions of carbon dioxide equivalents.

The latest update indicates there has only been a 12 percent drop in greenhouse-gas emissions from 2007 to 2018.

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Dead Pipeline Walking

12/11/19

Author:

Virginia Monk and Dave Ages

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The RCMP Arrested an Unist'ot'en Camp Supporter this Morning! (Nov. 6, 2019)

07/11/19

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First Nations Leaders

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Fracking halted in England in major government U-turn

02/11/19

Author:

Jillian Ambrose

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The Guardian

Fracking at Cuadrilla’s site in Lancashire was out on hold after a major earth tremor. Photograph: Cuadrilla/PA

2 Nov 2019

Victory for green groups follows damning scientific study and criticism from spending watchdog

The government has halted fracking in England with immediate effect in a watershed moment for environmentalists and community activists.

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More natural gas isn’t a “middle ground” — it’s a climate disaster

29/10/19

Author:

David Roberts

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Vox

May 30, 2019

To tackle climate change, natural gas has got to go.

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Climate Change

Climate Science

LNG - Fracking

You have three weeks to weigh in on a proposed gas pipeline

23/10/19

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

A Grey seal in the Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park. Parks Canada Photo: J.-L. Provencher

October 23rd 2019

Do you like the idea of a new multibillion-dollar fossil fuel pipeline in Canada? You have three weeks to tell a federal environmental agency what you think.

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LNG - Fracking

SPECIAL REPORT: Alberta’s ‘anti-energy’ probe makes a debunked US report its must-read.

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