Oil - Pipelines

Canada's new climate plan’s reliance on carbon capture called ‘not at all realistic’

31/03/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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A new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on carbon capture technology are only reducing 0.05 per cent of Canada's annual emissions. Photo by JuniperPhoton / Unsplash

Mar. 30, 2022

Canada’s new climate plan is banking on carbon capture to cut nearly 13 per cent of the oil and gas sector’s projected greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. But a new report reveals billions of public dollars already spent on the technology aren’t yielding substantial reductions.

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More than 400 academics urge Canada to ditch carbon capture tax credit

24/03/22

Author:

Robert Tuttle

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Financial Post

Carbon capture is a process where the carbon dioxide from oil and gas production facilities is sequestered and injected back into the ground. PHOTO BY TODD KOROL/REUTERS

Jan. 20, 2022

Massive subsidy for fossil fuel industry would be better spent on renewable energy, electrification, energy efficiency, letter said

Canada’s plans to introduce a tax credit for carbon capture in the country’s oilpatch would amount to a fossil fuel subsidy for an ineffective technology, a group of academics said in a letter to the deputy prime minister.

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Oil - Pipelines

Call for a 'Windfall Profit Tax' on Fossil Fuels

24/03/22

Author:

Marc Lee

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Policy Note - CCPA

As the last paragraph below says, excess profit taxes have been imposed during wars. In the Second World War that kind of tax was 75-100%. Ottawa should now impose that kind of tax at all times, not just during the current gas price spike. The "war" against climate disruption and other environmental destroyers must be won for the children, and the current gougers should bloody well pay for it (until their destructive industry is nationalized and wound down).

-- Gene McGuckin

Mar. 17, 2020

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NDP-Liberal deal fuels cautious optimism for climate file

23/03/22

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

The Liberals and New Democrats strike deal to stay in power.

Mar. 23, 2022

[Editor: Cautious optimism? Just another reminder that electoral politics isn't dealing with the climate emergency?]

A new agreement between the federal NDP and the Liberal government promises political stability until 2025, which will be key for climate action despite its underwhelming commitments, political scientists say.

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Coastal GasLink has been fined $72,000 for repeated and continuing violations of its environmental permits

15/03/22

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

Feb. 25, 2022

The pipeline firm was penalized for violations including allowing sediment to flow into sensitive watersheds.

Coastal GasLink has been ordered to pay a $72,500 fine for environmental violations that continued for at least a year along its 670-kilometre pipeline route through northern B.C.

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The Wet'suwet'en - and - Fracked Gas Pipelines: Take Action

15/03/22

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First Nations leaders

Come to the front lines

Allies are always needed at the front lines. It's still winter in the Wet'suwet'en Yintah. So if you're a hardy committed individual prepared to spend some time standing with these brave land defenders, apply at the following websites:

Gidimt'en Clan: https://www.yintahaccess.com/

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Five Reasons That Expanding The Trans Mountain Oil Pipeline Is Still A Colossal Mistake

09/03/22

Author:

Emily Moore

Link:

Sightline Institute

Trans Mountain Pipeline by David Stanley used under CC BY 2.0 (The Trans Mountain Pipeline runs alongside the Yellowhead Highway carrying oil from Edmonton, Alberta, to Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.)

March 8, 2022

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

09/03/22

Author:

stopkm-info-share

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

Author:

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

Link:

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 - Pipelines

Massive subsidy for fossil fuel industry would be better spent on renewable energy, electrification, energy efficiency, letter said

The pipeline firm was penalized for violations including allowing sediment to flow into sensitive watersheds.

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