Oil - Pipelines

Like we did for tobacco, we must ban false fossil fuel ads

16/02/24

Author:

Seth Klein

Link:

National Observer

NDP MP Charlie Angus and members of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment at a Feb. 6 press conference on Angus's new private member's bill that would crack down on fossil fuel advertising. Photo by: Natasha Bulowski

Feb. 13, 2024

It seems NDP MP Charlie Angus has hit a nerve.

Last week, heeding the call of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), Angus tabled a private member’s bill in the House of Commons to prohibit fossil fuel advertising. As doctors and other health professionals across the country have been saying, “Fossil fuel ads make us sick.”

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‘Quality Cannot Be Compromised Due to Trans Mountain’s Urgency’

16/02/24

Author:

Zoë Yunker

Link:

The Tyee

Trans Mountain’s expansion project is stuck at a section of hard rock containing pressurized aquifers running alongside the Fraser River. Photo via Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC.

Feb. 15, 2024

Or can it? Canada’s energy regulator has reversed its decision to quash a last-minute pipeline variance.

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Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition

11/02/24

Author:

An Interview with Brett Christophers

Link:

Portside

One of the main reasons that capitalism hasn’t been greening at the pace we need is precisely because it’s not an attractive proposition in profitability terms.,(Wikimedia Commons)

Feb. 5, 2024

Declining renewable energy prices have not led to a long-predicted renewables boom, because green energy still isn’t sufficiently profitable for private investors. Public investment and ownership is essential to driving a rapid green transition.

Interview by Cal Turner and Sara Van Horn

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

A New Report Maps Canada’s ‘Daunting’ Path to Net-Zero Carbon

11/02/24

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

Link:

The Tyee

‘Canada faces daunting challenges in meeting its net-zero commitments,’ writes David Hughes. ‘These are not insurmountable but must be clearly understood and faced head-on.’ Photo by Adrian Wyld, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 8, 2024

A leading energy analyst crunches and questions the numbers that national goals are built upon.

Canada’s road to net zero by 2050 will be bumpy, winding and “daunting.”

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

With the World Stumbling Past 1.5 Degrees of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest and Authoritarian Backlash

05/02/24

Author:

Bob Berwyn

Link:

Inside Climate News

Activists march in protest on day nine of the COP28 Climate Conference on Dec. 9, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Jan. 28, 2024

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Fossil-fuel industry doubling down, pushing for growth

05/02/24

Author:

Trevor Hancock

Link:

Times Colonist

In the U.K., Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, has pledged to “max out” the U.K.’s oil and gas reserves. IAN FORSYTH, POOL PHOTO VIA AP

Feb. 4, 2024

In the U.S., the Biden administration approved nearly 10,000 oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in its first three years, while Donald Trump is moronically pledging to “drill baby, drill”

Last week, I documented the massive impact of the fossil-fuel industry on people and the planet, an impact the industry generally ignores or downplays in its rush to make money and maintain its power, earning it the title of “the new tobacco.”

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Carbon capture [IPCC - "most expensive, least effective option to reduce emissions"] ....tax credits expected to cost the government over $11 billion: PBO

02/02/24

Author:

John Woodside

Link:

National Observer

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on Jan. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Feb. 2, 2024

A pair of new analyses from the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) finds the federal government intends to provide over $11 billion to companies investing in carbon capture and hydrogen technologies.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Oil firms forced to consider full climate effects of new drilling, following landmark Norwegian court ruling

02/02/24

Author:

Daria Shapovalova

Link:

phys.org

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain - Norway Coast

Jan. 31,2024

Norway's district court in Oslo recently made a decision on fossil fuels that deserves the attention of every person concerned about climate change.

This ruling, which compels energy firms to account for the industry's entire carbon footprint, could change the way oil and gas licenses are awarded in Norway—and inspire similar legal challenges to fossil fuel production in other countries.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Are you breaking cultural glass? - "Stubborn Optimism" Postponing Needed Climate Action??

01/02/24

Author:

Marc Lopatin

Link:

Resilience

Feb. 1, 2024

Last month, global bank HSBC was accused of duping the public for helping to raise £37 billion for companies investing in new oil and gas fields. It shines an urgent light on why meaningful climate action remains largely illusionary.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24

Author:

Bob Weber

Link:

National Observer

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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Oil - Pipelines

Or can it? Canada’s energy regulator has reversed its decision to quash a last-minute pipeline variance.

Declining renewable energy prices have not led to a long-predicted renewables boom, because green energy still isn’t sufficiently profitable for private investors. Public investment and ownership is essential to driving a rapid green transition.

A leading energy analyst crunches and questions the numbers that national goals are built upon.

In the U.S., the Biden administration approved nearly 10,000 oil and gas drilling permits on public lands in its first three years, while Donald Trump is moronically pledging to “drill baby, drill”

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

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