Oil - Pipelines

Weighing the harm of gasoline against lithium

08/02/23
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage
Link: 
National Observer
Illustration by Ata Ojani for Canada's National Observer

Feb. 8, 2023

More than a billion tonnes of climate pollution pours out American tailpipes every year. For scale, that's more than the combined emissions from the 100 least-polluting nations.

Ending this gargantuan climate pollution disaster will require a sharp increase in new lithium extraction to build the zero-emission alternatives — battery electric vehicles. A new report by the University of California, Davis and the Climate and Community Project (CCP) reveals just how much more lithium will be needed.

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The hidden costs of Canada's fossil energy expansion - video and links to articles

06/02/23
Author: 
Wosk Centre for Dialogue
Link: 
You Tube
The Hidden Costs of Canada's Fossil Energy Expansion

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdgRpKcmX8c

Links to the reports and website mentioned during the dialogue:

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Building a Movement for Climate Justice

04/02/23
Author: 
Phil Gasper
Link: 
New Politics
A Planet to Win

Website editor: An interesting interview

Winter 2023 (New Politics Vol. XIX No. 2, Whole Number 74)

An Interview with Alyssa Battistoni

Alyssa Battistoni teaches political theory at Barnard College. She is the co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal (Verso 2019) and is currently writing a book titled Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nature. Phil Gasper spoke with Alyssa on behalf of the New Politics editorial board on November 4, 2022.

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The Energy Transition Confronts Reality

30/01/23
Author: 
Daniel Yergin
Link: 
Project Syndicate
Refinery - Katja Buchholz/Getty Images

Jan. 23, 2023

Given the scale and complexity of the transition away from hydrocarbons, some worry that economic analysis has been given short shrift in the policy planning process. A clear-eyed assessment of the transition's prospects requires a deeper understanding of at least four major challenges.

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Transition to EVs Must be Paired With Bold Investments in Mass Transit: Study

28/01/23
Author: 
Julia Conley
Link: 
Common Dreams
Electric buses are seen on the 16th Street Mall on May 13, 2019 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Jan. 25, 2023

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5 things Canada could defund to pay for an epic just transition

28/01/23
Author: 
Angele Alook, Emily Eaton, David Gray-Donald, Joël Laforest, Crystal Lameman & Bronwen Tucker
Link: 
The Breach
Illustration - 5 things Canada could defund to pay for an epic just transition

Jan. 20, 2023

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NYC pension funds take on RBC over climate plan

25/01/23
Author: 
John Woodside
Link: 
National Observer
The RBC building in Toronto on Thursday, April 7, 2022. Photo by Christopher Katsarov / Canada's National Observer

Jan. 25, 2023

New York City pension plans are attempting to force RBC to disclose its full greenhouse gas emission targets for 2030 because the bank keeps financing fossil fuel expansion despite making net-zero pledges.

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Support Simon Fraser University student Zain Haq

24/01/23
Author: 
Dogwood BC
Zain Haq
Jan. 24, 2023
 
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The unbearable cost of fossil fuel lobbying

24/01/23
Author: 
Anjali Appadurai
Link: 
National Observer
Image generated by DALL-E

January 18th 2023

The new year opened with a significant step forward for Canadian climate policy as the Glasgow Statement takes effect. Canada signed onto the policy, which promises to end international public support for the oil and gas industry, with an accompanying pledge to tackle the much higher domestic support for the industry by mid-2023.

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Counting the costs and contradictions of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

23/01/23
Author: 
Marc Lee
Link: 
National Observer
TMX is scheduled to be completed by year’s end and will open as a project that could not be more ill-suited to this moment in history. Photo via 2016 Archive TMX - Kinder Morgan handout

Jan. 23, 2023

Canada’s uneasy relationship between climate change and fossil fuel development was illustrated in November 2021 when seven atmospheric rivers hit southern B.C. The “big one” starting on Nov. 13 led to massive flooding and landslides that crippled infrastructure and isolated the south coast from the rest of Canada.

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