Oil - Pipelines

Big Oil Profits Jump 235% Due to Price Gouging

04/08/22

Author:

Jessica Corbett

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Nation of Change

Aug. 1, 2022

"Make no mistake; these profits mark a large transfer of wealth from working- and middle-class people to wealthy oil executives and shareholders," said Jordan Schreiber of Accountable.US.

As fossil fuel giants this week reported record profits for the second quarter, an analysis out Friday highlighted how eight oil companies have raked in nearly $52 billion over the past three months “while Americans continue to struggle at the pump.”

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Human pathogens are stowaways on floating plastic

02/08/22

Author:

Michael Allen

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National Observer

For microbes in the ocean, floating plastic is a new potential ecosystem. And those microbes include pathogens that can make people sick. Photo by NOAA

Aug. 2, 2022

This story was originally published by Hakai Magazine and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

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The audacious PR plot that seeded doubt about climate change

28/07/22

Author:

Jane McMullen

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BBC

July 23, 2022

Thirty years ago, a bold plan was cooked up to spread doubt and persuade the public that climate change was not a problem. The little-known meeting - between some of America's biggest industrial players and a PR genius - forged a devastatingly successful strategy that endured for years, and the consequences of which are all around us.

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Hell yes, we should sue Big Oil

27/07/22

Author:

Sandy Garossino

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National Observer

A home is surrounded by floodwaters caused by heavy rains and mudslides throughout Sumas Prairie near Chilliwack, B.C., Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Jul 27, 2022

Vancouverites were taken aback last week at the news that city council, in a divided vote, passed a motion by Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr to allocate up to $700,000 towards a class action lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.

This measure was instantly slammed as a performative stunt and window dressing for the enviro vote as we head into election season.

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Next Step: We’re occupying schools across the world to protest climate inaction- Youth activists involved in End Fossil: Occupy!

27/07/22

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Youth Activists

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The Guardian

A climate protest in Australia this May. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Jul 26, 2022

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Oil and gas industry could get more time to meet 2030 emissions targets, minister says

25/07/22

Author:

Elise von Scheel

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CBC News

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault speaks during a news conference last fall. He says Ottawa could give oil and gas companies more time to fully meet 2030 emissions reduction targets. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

July 23, 2022

Environment minister floats extended timeline for sector, which accounts for 26 per cent of national emissions

Canada's environment minister says the federal government could give oil and gas companies extra time to fully meet 2030 emissions reduction targets.

"[We] recognize that some of the measures that will be needed to achieve those deep emission reductions might require more time than what we have between now and 2030," Steven Guilbeault said in an interview with CBC Radio's The House.

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Oil sector’s ‘staggering’ $3bn-a-day profits for last 50 years

22/07/22

Author:

Damian Carrington

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The Guardian

An offshore oil rig in the Pechora Sea, Russia Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Jul 21, 2022

Vast sums provide power to ‘buy every politician’ and delay action on climate crisis, says expert

The oil and gas industry has delivered $2.8bn (£2.3bn) a day in pure profit for the last 50 years, a new analysis has revealed.

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How a conservative U.S. network undermined Indigenous energy rights in Canada

22/07/22

Author:

Geoff Dembicki

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The Narwhal

Members of the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations demonstrate against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in 2012. Together, the U.S.-based Atlas Network and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute have been pressuring the Canadian government to limit Indigenous communities' opposition to energy development in their territories. Photo: Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press

July 18, 2022

Internal documents explain why oil and gas interests would benefit from a key Indigenous declaration being ‘defeated’

This story is a collaboration between Floodlight, The Narwhal and the Guardian.

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Vancouver city council passes motion to back climate lawsuit against big oil companies

22/07/22

Author:

Brittany Roffel

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CBC News

Vancouver city council has approved a motion to back a plan to take oil companies to court for their role in climate change. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)

July 21, 2022

The city would allocate up to $1 per resident to support the 'Sue Big Oil' campaign

Vancouver city council passed a motion Wednesday to allocate funds toward a potential climate lawsuit against major oil companies in Canada.

The motion brought forward by Coun. Adriane Carr was passed in a 6-5 vote and will set aside up to $1 per Vancouver resident — or up to approximately $700,000 — to support a class action lawsuit against fossil fuel companies.

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