Oil - Pipelines

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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Climate Change

Ecology/Environment

Oil - Pipelines

USA

Water Protectors Shut Down Line 3 Worksite

14/07/21

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Resist Line 3

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Popular Resistance

July 12, 2021

Floodwood, MN – On Saturday July 10th, water protectors stopped construction for a full day on an Enbridge worksite laying pipe for the Line 3 pipeline. Two water protectors locked to each other through the treads of a machine, while two others climbed up an excavator’s arm, where they stayed for 7 hours. This action took place on Anishinaabe treaty territories in solidarity with leaders of the growing Indigenous-led resistance to Line 3.

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Critics slam Canada’s official Paris target as ‘climate denial’ in action

13/07/21

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Trudeau in office Canada’s official 2030 GHG targets fall short of what’s needed, say critics. Photo via Trudeau / Facebook

July 13th 2021

Canada’s now official 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target is a far cry from what’s needed to avoid climate breakdown, say critics panning the goal for its inadequacy.

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Canada

Climate Change

Oil - Pipelines

Deceptive fossil fuel companies must be held accountable for their climate crimes

12/07/21

Author:

Jesse Firempong

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National Observer

The recent heat waves and fires sweeping Canada illustrate that the skeletons in the closets of Exxon and all fossil fuel companies have proven more than metaphorical. Photo by Jerry and Pat Donaho / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0)

On the same day sparks ignited the fire that would devour Lytton, B.C., another story was setting #ClimateTwitter aflame. Lobbyists for the American oil giant ExxonMobil made an unintended confession, one that gets to the heart of the climate crisis and how we survive it.

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Canadian Fossil Expansion ‘Not Well Aligned’ with Net-Zero

12/07/21

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Primary Author: Stephanie Taylor @StephTaylorCP

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The Energy Mix

July 11, 2021

Full Story: The Canadian Press @CdnPressNews

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Fossils Want $50-Billion Taxpayer Subsidy to Decarbonize Tar Sands

12/07/21

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The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

Shell Jackpine tar sands mine - Julia Kilpatrick, Pembina Institute/flickr

July 11, 2021

Two of Canada’s biggest fossil companies say they’ll by looking for about C$50 billion in taxpayer subsidies to bring their net greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.

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