“Oil and gas companies haven’t just played an outsized
role in emitting GHGs and accelerating climate change,” said the report,
which was put together for Environmental Defence Canada by the EnviroEconomics
research organization. “Their lobbying efforts have also contributed to
weakening existing environmental policies and killing or delaying
proposed climate policies.”
role in emitting GHGs and accelerating climate change,” said the report,
which was put together for Environmental Defence Canada by the EnviroEconomics
research organization. “Their lobbying efforts have also contributed to
weakening existing environmental policies and killing or delaying
proposed climate policies.”
The report noted that academic research shows corporate fossil fuel lobbyists met with Canadian government officials about 11,000 times between 2011 and 2017. That’s eleven thousand times — not a typo.