Canada Adds to Alarming Rise in Global Pipeline Construction: With a new report expected to reveal a massive increase in global oil
pipeline construction, an analyst says Canada is running counter to
public opinion and wider international trends by adding to the problem.

The
global pipeline buildout, documented by Global Energy Monitor (GEM) in
an analysis to be released at midnight tonight, runs counter to the
International Energy Agency’s call
last year for no new oil, gas, or coal projects to hold average global
warming to 1.5°C. And it flouts carbon budget analysis by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change showing that global emissions must peak by 2025 to keep any hope of 1.5°C alive.

Last
week, a new database released by GEM and the Carbon Tracker Initiative
showed that fossils around the world hold enough proven reserves of oil,
gas, and coal to “emit more planet-heating emissions than have occurred
since the industrial revolution, easily blowing the remaining carbon
budget before societies are subjected to catastrophic global heating,”
the Guardian reported.
“You’ve got governments issuing new licences or permits for coal that
are completely decoupled from their own climate commitments,” said
Carbon Tracker founder Mark Campanale.

And when it comes to
pipelines, Canada is doing its part to make a dire situation worse, said
Julia Levin, national climate policy manager at Environmental Defence
Canada.

1 Dead, Atlantic Without Power as Hurricane Fiona Slams Region: Hurricane Fiona has killed one person, destroyed dozens of homes, and left hundreds of thousands in Atlantic Canada without power—after causing five deaths and widespread destruction in the Caribbean. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that things will only get worse as extreme weather becomes more frequent, linking the devastating post-tropical storm to climate change.

On Sunday afternoon, the Canadian Coast Guard and the RCMP found the body of a missing 73-year-old woman who was swept out of her home in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. Her house was among the more than 20 that were destroyed, including a two-story apartment block, and  more than 200 people remain displaced under a strict evacuation order, reports CBC News.

Trudeau also explicitly invoked climate change as a driver behind more frequent and ferocious storms making landfall on Canada’s coasts. Noting that “things are only getting worse,” and warning that monster storms that used to arrive only once every 100 years will likely become far more frequent, he urged the imperative to build more resilient infrastructure, reports The Associated Press.