Oil - Pipelines

Over 200 Groups Call on Biden to Invoke Defense Protection Act + Resist Short-Sighted Domestic Fossil Fuel Policies

09/03/22

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Mar 9, 2022

In the wake of Biden’s ban on Russian oil imports, groups call on President Biden to invoke the DPA to ramp up the deployment of renewable energy to transition the world off fossil fuels

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline ($17 billion+) will require even more Canadian taxpayer dollars to prop up

09/03/22

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IEEFA

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Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Economics - IEEFA

March 9, 2022

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

The unethical opportunism of Jason Kenney

08/03/22

Author:

Max Fawcett

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National Observer

When it comes to climate change and fossil fuels, Jason Kenney has more in common with Vladimir Putin than Volodymyr Zelensky, writes columnist Max Fawcett. Photo via Alberta Newsroom / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Mar. 5, 2022

It’s been clear for some time now that Canadian oil and gas advocates will do almost anything to get new pipelines built, from spinning stories about the “ethics” of our oil to weaponizing the economic insecurity of Indigenous communities. But they plumbed new depths of depravity with their willingness to treat the crisis in Ukraine as an opportunity to push, yet again, for projects like Keystone XL and Energy East.

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Oil and gas lobbyists are using Ukraine to push for a drilling free-for-all in the US

08/03/22

Author:

Raúl M Grijalva

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The Guardian

Oil rigs in the Cook Inlet oil field of Alaska. ‘Doubling down on fossil fuels is a false solution that only perpetuates the problem.’ Photograph: PA Lawrence/Alamy

Mar. 4, 2022

Fossil-fuel firms want to turn violence and bloodshed into an oil and gas propaganda-generating scheme. The goal: a drilling bonanza

Last week, we all watched in horror as Vladimir Putin launched a deadly, catastrophic attack on Ukraine, violating international treaties across the board. Most of us swiftly condemned his actions and pledged support for the Ukrainian people whose country, homes and lives are under attack.

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Canadian banks, insurance companies are pouring millions into Russian oil and gas

04/03/22

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

A Gazprom oil-producing facility in Russia's Yamal region. Canadian banks and insurance companies have invested millions in the country's oil and gas companies, which make up nearly 40 per cent of Russia's revenue. (AP Photo/Petr Shelomovskiy)

Mar. 2, 2022

Canadian banks, insurance companies and asset managers have pumped millions into Russian-owned oil and gas companies that have flowed into the petrostate’s war chest.

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Fossil fuels are killing the planet. So why don’t we stop using them?

02/03/22

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Ditching fossil fuels is a key part of tackling climate change and keeping our planet fit for human life, but Bay Street and Big Oil are standing in the way. Artwork by Ata Ojani / Canada's National Observer

March 2, 2022

Climate change is already threatening everyone on the planet.

For everyone alive today, this is an inescapable truth. We are on a road to extinction. Until we bring greenhouse gas emissions down to zero everywhere in the world, the planet will continue to warm. The only question is, how long will we stay on this path?

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Burnaby Trans Mountain tree-sitter jailed for criminal contempt

01/03/22

Author:

Jeremy Hainsworth

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New Westminster Record

RCMP used a bucket lift to reach Trans Mountain protester Dr. Tim Takaro in Burnaby. He has pleaded not guilty to criminal contempt of court.Cornelia Naylor

Feb. 15, 2022

Jail time for Trans Mountain pipeline protesters violating a court injunction will start to increase if disobedience continues, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Feb. 15

Two men involved in anti-Trans Mountain pipeline protests in Burnaby were jailed Feb. 15 after pleading guilty, while a third goes to trial in June after a not-guilty plea.

All were charged with criminal contempt of court for allegedly breaching a court injunction aimed at preventing disruption of work at the federally owned Burnaby Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project (TMX).

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Two weeks in jail for trio of women who breached Burnaby Trans Mountain injunction

01/03/22

Author:

Jeremy Hainsworth

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Burnaby Now

Feb 14, 2022

'The destruction of Mother Earth must stop,' one of the women said in court during sentencing.

Three women have gone to jail for 14 days after pleading guilty to criminal contempt of court for breaching a court injunction aimed at preventing disruption of work at the Burnaby Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX).

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B.C. emission reduction targets ‘based on a fantasy,’ say energy experts

27/02/22

Author:

Stefan Labbé

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Vancouver is Awesome

The 184.6 megawatt (MW) Meikle Wind power project located 33 kilometres north of Tumbler Ridge is B.C.'s largest. According to a recent report, B.C. would need to build hundreds of such wind turbines, thousands of solar panels and ramp up biofuel production to meet its decarbonization plans.Pattern Development

Feb. 24, 2022

British Columbia's plan to meet its emission reductions targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement is on a path to fail, according to an analysis from several energy experts.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

New TMX Conditions -- Some Good, Some Still Not Even There

27/02/22

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Georia Strait Alliance

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Georgia Strait Alliance

Feb. 25, 2022

Yesterday, the Province of B.C. released the long-awaited new Environmental Assessment conditions for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. In response, Georgia Strait Alliance’s Energy Campaigner Andrew Radzik said:

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Oil - Pipelines

Fossil-fuel firms want to turn violence and bloodshed into an oil and gas propaganda-generating scheme. The goal: a drilling bonanza

Jail time for Trans Mountain pipeline protesters violating a court injunction will start to increase if disobedience continues, a B.C. Supreme Court judge said Feb. 15

'The destruction of Mother Earth must stop,' one of the women said in court during sentencing.

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