Oil - Pipelines

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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Quebec’s playbook for beating Big Oil - Video

26/01/24

Author:

The Breach

Link:

The Breach

Screenshot Quebec’s playbook for beating Big Oil - Video

Jan 10 2024

Watch here: https://youtu.be/48QpstQLv6Q

Dru Oja Jay: A few years ago, a movement with hundreds of thousands of participants achieved a stunning climate justice victory, one of the world’s biggest examples of leaving fossil fuels in the ground.

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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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