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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Alberta's oilsands pump out more pollutants than industry reports, scientists find

26/01/24

Author:

Benjamin Shingler

Link:

CBC News

A study conducted in 2018 used aircraft to collect air samples around 17 oilsands facilities in northern Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

Jan. 25, 2024

Data collected by air finds levels of harmful pollutants can be more than 60 times higher than estimated

Alberta's oilsands operations produce far more potentially harmful air pollutants than are officially reported, with the daily output on par with those from gridlocked megacities like Los Angeles, new research suggests.

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136 former B.C. government officials now work as lobbyists

25/01/24

Author:

Pierre Chauvin

Link:

Dogwood BC

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Jan. 24, 2024

New database shows 12 fossil fuel companies employ ex-ministers, staff

It’s called the “revolving door” and it’s been a problem in B.C. for years, with corporations hiring former cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats as lobbyists.

These government insiders go back to the same offices where they used to work, only now they’re paid to influence policy decisions in favour of industry. Thanks to a new database, this back-and-forth is now easier to track and quantify.

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