Oil - Pipelines

The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie

09/12/20

Author:

Naomi Klein

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WRITING ABOUT “The Great Reset” is not easy. It has turned into a viral conspiracy theory purporting to expose something no one ever attempted to hide, most of which is not really happening anyway, some of which actually should.

It’s extra confusing for me to unpick this particular knot because at the center of it all is a bastardization of a concept I know a little something about: the shock doctrine.

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Danish announcement sends clear signal: climate leadership means end to fossil fuel expansion

07/12/20

Author:

Ginger Group

"In the linked document related to Denmark the country's prime minister, elected in June 2019 is quoted as saying, "If we succeed, it will be because we hurried." Sounds like a great motto for the movement."

-- Gene McGuckin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 3, 2020

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Hannah McKinnon, hannah@priceofoil.org

Danish announcement sends signal: climate leadership means end to fossil fuel expansion

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Climate Change

Labour - Unions

Oil - Pipelines

Alberta’s oil-pipeline pipeline might be nearing its end

06/12/20

Author:

Andrew Leach

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The Globe and Mail

Dec. 4, 2020

Forty billion dollars. According to Alberta’s fiscal update last week, that’s the huge sum by which oil and gas investment in the province is expected to plummet, from what was predicted as recently as in the February budget.

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Alberta

Oil - Pipelines

Pipeline worker tests positive for COVID

06/12/20

Author:

Andru McCracken

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The Rocky Mountain Goat

Dec. 5, 2020

Trans Mountain confirmed a Valemount worker tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

A worker had been in the Valemount camp for two days when they were informed that one of the people they were in contact with (prior to coming to camp) had tested positive according to Trans Mountain.

The affected individual has been isolated.

“As per our COVID-19 protocols, the person was immediately isolated and continues to isolate within our separate quarantine wing,” said a spokesperson for Trans Mountain.

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Following the Money Spotlights ‘Big Banks’ Green Bafflegab’

03/12/20

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Primary Author: Matt Price

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The Energy Mix

Dec. 2, 2020

This post by campaigner and Engagement Organizing author Matt Price appeared on The Tyee last week. We’re republishing it in full with permission from both.

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Saskatoon Company Strikes ‘Gusher’ With Groundbreaking Geothermal Project

03/12/20

Author:

The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

Geothermal well - Rjglewis/Wikimedia Commons

Dec. 2, 2020

In a global first, a Saskatoon-based geothermal company has successfully drilled and fracked a 90-degree horizontal well, delivering enough heat to supply electricity to 3,000 homes. And it did so thanks to the expertise of over 100 oilfield technicians—a switch that is offering hope to many such workers facing unemployment as fossil fortunes tank.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Shell in court over claims it hampered fossil fuels phase-out

02/12/20

Author:

Daniel Boffey

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The Guardian

Climate activists protest against Shell in The Hague in October. Photograph: Ana Fernandez/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock

Nov. 30, 2020

Environmentalists say firm broke Dutch law by expanding its fossil fuel operations

A court in The Hague will hear claims that Royal Dutch Shell has broken Dutch law by knowingly hampering the global phase-out of fossil fuels, in a case that could force the company to reduce its CO2 emissions.

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Wet’suwet’en Call on Province to Close Pipeline Work Camps

02/12/20

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

Link:

The Tyee

Work camps like this one at the LNG project in Kitimat should be shut down to protect Indigenous communities from COVID-19 risks, say Wet’suwet’en chiefs. Photo from LNG Canada.

Dec. 1, 2020

Female chiefs say COVID-19 risk means work on oil and gas projects shouldn’t be classed as an essential service.

Members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation are calling on B.C.’s public health officer to shut down work camps operating on their territory as COVID-19 numbers rise in northern B.C.

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Imperial Oil's massive write-off suggests the era of stranded Canadian assets is already here

01/12/20

Author:

Yadullah Hussain

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Financial Post

Dec. 1, 2020

Imperial Oil just became the most high-profile Canadian oil producer to give up on some of its fossil fuel assets in Alberta.

“Imperial has re-assessed the long-term development plans of its unconventional portfolio in Alberta, Canada and no longer plans to develop a significant portion of this portfolio,” the company said in a statement after markets closed on Monday.

The company said would take an impairment charge of about $900 million to $1.2 billion in the latest quarter.

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Oil patch not motivated to fund reduction of carbon pollution without government funding!!

27/11/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

Suncor oilsands plant, featuring petroleum coker towers, in 2010. Suncor has proposed replacing its coke boilers with natural gas in order to cut emissions, but has suspended the project and is now asking for government support. Photo from Suncor

Nov. 27, 2020

The oil and gas industry “likely won’t meaningfully reduce” its carbon pollution this decade without more government funding, according to a new Royal Bank of Canada report.

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Oil - Pipelines

"In the linked document related to Denmark the country's prime minister, elected in June 2019 is quoted as saying, "If we succeed, it will be because we hurried." Sounds like a great motto for the movement."

-- Gene McGuckin

Trans Mountain confirmed a Valemount worker tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

Environmentalists say firm broke Dutch law by expanding its fossil fuel operations

Dec. 1, 2020

Female chiefs say COVID-19 risk means work on oil and gas projects shouldn’t be classed as an essential service.

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