Since the mid-1980s, the 25 largest oil and gas companies around the world have fought climate policies tooth and nail, making US$30 trillion in the process, according to a study published Thursday.
Canada still has eight years to achieve our 2030 climate target. But rising emissions over the last two years look like they've already pushed it out of reach. That’s because we are now at a point where each wasted year makes the remaining task overwhelmingly larger.
Have we already run out the clock on climate hope in Canada? Take a look at these five charts and decide for yourself.
The rising cost of delay
My first chart shows the rapidly steepening path to Canada’s 2030 climate target.
Canada’s environment commissioner said it is not clear how the oil and gas sector will achieve the greenhouse gas emission reductions prescribed under the federal government’s climate plan, and called for more transparency around the modelling.
Reuters) – More than two-thirds of Canadians oppose the federal government taking a multibillion-dollar writedown on the Trans Mountain pipeline, a survey showed on Tuesday, a dilemma for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals as they look to sell it ahead of an election expected by 2025.
Ottawa has sunk roughly C$35 billion ($25.6 billion) into the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, which the federal government bought in 2018 to ensure a controversial expansion project known as TMX went ahead.
The Climate Crisis: We Implore You to Act with More Urgency
An Open Appeal to Premier Eby and B.C. MLAs
Appeal to Premier Eby
Dear Premier Eby, and every British Columbia MLA,
Greetings! We are the West Coast Climate Action Network. We have 236 member groups across B.C., representing hundreds of thousands of voters. Our member organizations have authorized us to speak out.
Following a federal committee hearing that dragged a Suncor executive over the coals for his company’s plans to expand fossil fuel production, NDP MP Charlie Angus says now is the time to hold Big Oil accountable, and Ottawa is failing Canadians by not acting.
