Oil - Pipelines

Big Oil's Climate 'Education' in Canadian Schools

20/02/25

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Primary Author: Gaye Taylor

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Feb. 20, 2025

Fossil fuel companies are influencing what Canadian students learn about climate change, funding and supplying educational materials that frame the issue to serve their interests, health and climate advocates warn in a new report.

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Stop ‘Dithering’ as Climate Risks Rise, Pension Funds Warned

20/02/25

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Christopher Bonasia

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The Energy Mix

Feb. 20, 2025

Canada’s pension funds are moving to address climate risk, but rising political uncertainty “raises stakes” for those falling behind, concludes an evaluation of the country’s largest pension managers.

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How to talk about the climate crisis

19/02/25

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Chris Hatch

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National Observer

Feb. 18, 2025

Should we even bother talking about climate change?

It’s a question you hear muttered more and more in environmental circles and even more brashly from those focused on clean energy: given the shift in public priorities and the state of politics, should climate advocates just stop talking about climate change?

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Brandi Morin in Ecuador Part 2: Indigenous resistance to a made-in-Canada mine

15/02/25

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Brandi Morin

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Ricochet Media

A highway blockade organized by Indigenous Kitchwa land defenders and allies, including CONAIE, protesting unwanted development and human rights violations by the Ecuadorian government. Photo: Ian Willms

Feb. 13, 2025

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Tariffs a wake-up call for how much of our natural resources are tapped by the U.S.

14/02/25

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Rochelle Baker

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National Observer

Recent public opinion polls suggest the majority of Canadians are opposed to U.S. companies taking greater ownership of natural resource projects and support using export taxes on oil and gas as a counter measure to Trump tariff threats. Natural gas worker file photo B.C. Government / Flickr

Feb. 14, 2025

The Canadian public is souring on the U.S. as Trump wields trade threats as an “economic force” to drive home his message that Canada should become the 51st state.

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Opposition parties call for ‘full transparency’ following new Trans Mountain commitment

13/02/25

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John Woodside

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National Observer

Opposition parties are calling for “full transparency” from the federal government about its financial commitments to the Trans Mountain expansion project, following revelations of a $20-billion refinancing loan offered to the beleaguered company.

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To counter U.S. threats, B.C. must not buy into the ‘drill baby, drill’ mentality at expense of First Nations and climate

13/02/25

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Glen Williams, Stewart Phillip

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Vancouver Sun

To counter the nihilistic vision of U.S. President Donald Trump and the MAGA billionaires now taking over the U.S. government, we must work together to build a bright and shining alternative, write Glen Williams/Malii and Stewart Phillip. Photo by Brandon Bell /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Feb. 12, 2025

Clean water, food security, and healthy communities are how we will outlast Trump

Some B.C. politicians are using the trade war threat posed by President Donald Trump to push for no-holds-barred resource extraction on First Nations lands.

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The latest multi-billion dollar handout for TMX

08/02/25

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Stefan Labbé

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Business in Vancouver

Early data suggests Canadian crude exports are benefiting from new pipeline capacity. But a recent $20-billion loan has raised new questions over the pipeline's final costs.Trans Mountain

Jan. 31, 2025

The Canadian government has approved a new $20-billion loan to finance the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline two years after the government said it would not provide further money for the project.

The loan to the pipeline project, known as TMX, was provided through Export Development Canada’s Canada Account, which supports transactions when the Crown corporation is unable to back a project because of a combination of financial and market risks.

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Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?

08/02/25

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Laurie Adkin

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National Observer

When U.S. President Donald Trump says Americans do not need Canada’s oil and gas, I say, “all the better for us.” Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is poised to swallow us all up?

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'Alternative' energy and less energy