Oil - Pipelines

Washington state county is first in US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure

30/07/21

Author:

Oliver Milman

Link:

The Guardian

The Tesoro oil refinery in Washington state. Photograph: Kevin Schafer/Getty Images

July 28, 2021

Whatcom county’s council passed measure that bans new refineries, coal-fired power plants and other related infrastructure

A county in Washington state has become the first such jurisdiction in the US to ban new fossil fuel infrastructure, following a lengthy battle over the impact of oil refineries on the local community.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Speech for Socialist Action Webinar

24/07/21

Author:

Gene McGuckin, Member of the Vancouver Ecosocialists

We are part of nature: hundreds of people died while a billion tidal sea creatures cooked in place.

After the Heat Dome Killings, What Is to Be Done?

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Greetings,

I am speaking to you this evening from the traditional territories of the Quay Quayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations in a place otherwise known as New Westminster, BC.

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Iron and Earth - Our response to the federal government announcement on just transitions

21/07/21

Author:

Iron and Earth

July 21, 2021

Yesterday, Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan announced that the federal government will begin to engage energy workers through consultations for Just Transition legislation, to hear worker input on transitioning to a net-zero energy sector.

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500 organizations in Canada, U.S. urge feds to stop investing in carbon capture technology

20/07/21

Author:

Cloe Logan

Link:

National Observer

old gas pumps - The signatories say carbon capture investment will only lead to more fossil fuel extraction. Photo by Harrison Haines/Pexels

[Editor: But this is what the BC Government is doing:

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021EMLI0050-001381News Release

Vancouver

Friday, July 16, 2021 10:20 AM

- "The centre’s initial focus areas for funding and project delivery will include:

carbon capture, utilization and storage. . . . . .etc !!]

July 20th 2021

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Study using laser technology suggests Canada overlooks key sources of methane emissions

19/07/21

Author:

Inayat Singh

Link:

CBC News

Not leaks, the article says. Many emissions are designed "off-gassing." Can you say, "North Burnaby?"\

- Gene McGuckin

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Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change

19/07/21

Author:

AP News

Link:

AP News

FILE - In this file photo dated July 2007, an Inuit seal hunter touches a dead seal atop a melting iceberg near Ammassalik Island, Greenland. The left-leaning government on Greenland which could be sitting on vast amounts of oil, has decided to suspend all oil exploration, Friday July 16, 2021, calling it “a natural step” because the Arctic government “takes the climate crisis seriously.” (AP Photo/John McConnico, FILE) AP NEWS Top Stories Video Contact Us Cookie Settings DOWNLOAD AP NEWS Connect with the

July 16, 2021

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world’s largest island, calling it is “a natural step” because the Arctic government “takes the climate crisis seriously.”

No oil has been found yet around Greenland, but officials there had seen potentially vast reserves as a way to help Greenlanders realize their long-held dream of independence from Denmark by cutting the annual subsidy of 3.4 billion kroner ($540 million) the Danish territory receives.

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Climate Change

Oil - Pipelines

Social

California Crude Getting Dirtier Than Tarsands Bitumen

17/07/21

Author:

Kevin Stark

Link:

KQED

An oil rig extracts crude on July 21, 2008 near Taft, California, in Kern County. (David McNew/Getty Images))

June 28, 2021

A new analysis from an environmental advocacy group highlights a dirty secret about California-produced oil: It is responsible for higher carbon emissions than the oil the state imports.

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Oil - Pipelines

Tar Sands

USA

Big Oil in Court Facing Big Tobacco's Fate

17/07/21

Author:

Chris McGreal

Link:

Nation of Change

Gas container and handcuffs image - Communities are now demanding the oil conglomerates pay damages and take urgent action to reduce further harm from burning fossil fuels. Illustration: Guardian Design/Getty Images

July 1, 2021

“Big oil was engaged in exactly the same type of behavior that the tobacco companies engaged in and were found liable for fraud on a massive scale.”

After a century of wielding extraordinary economic and political power, America’s petroleum giants face a reckoning for driving the greatest existential threat of our lifetimes.

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Oil - Pipelines

Social

Most Canadian Fossil Fuel Workers Want Net Zero Jobs - Poll Document

17/07/21

Author:

Iron and Earth

We’re releasing the results from a groundbreaking poll conducted in partnership with Abacus Data revealing that a majority of fossil fuel workers:

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Thawing Permafrost has Damaged the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and Poses an Ongoing Threat

17/07/21

Author:

David Hasemyer

Link:

Inside Climate News

Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alyeska pipleline) running through landscape with Mountain range in the distance in Alaska. Credit: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images

July 11, 2021

The pipeline operator is repairing damage to its supports caused by a sliding slope of permafrost, and installing chillers to keep the ground around it frozen.

Thawing permafrost threatens to undermine the supports holding up an elevated section of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, jeopardizing the structural integrity of one of the world’s largest oil pipelines and raising the potential of an oil spill in a delicate and remote landscape where it would be extremely difficult to clean up.

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Oil - Pipelines

Whatcom county’s council passed measure that bans new refineries, coal-fired power plants and other related infrastructure

After the Heat Dome Killings, What Is to Be Done?

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021EMLI0050-001381News Release

Vancouver

“Big oil was engaged in exactly the same type of behavior that the tobacco companies engaged in and were found liable for fraud on a massive scale.”

The pipeline operator is repairing damage to its supports caused by a sliding slope of permafrost, and installing chillers to keep the ground around it frozen.

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