How Not to Work Towards Climate Change: National Snow and Ice Data Centre director Mark Serreze points to
melting ice in the arctic and increasing temperatures as being the
direct result of climate change. It is the only thing that can be
causing it. It’s also responsible for increased storms, droughts and
wildfires across North America. The melting in Antarctica will certainly
continue for the rest of this century. In fact, it may be irreversible.

We’ve already seen this has serious consequences for humanity and the
various fish and animal species we share the planet with. This is why
it’s so vital that we understand this is a climate crisis, and even more
important for governments around the world to live up to their promises
in the Paris Agreement.

How Not to Work Towards Climate Change: National Snow and Ice Data Centre director Mark Serreze points to
melting ice in the arctic and increasing temperatures as being the
direct result of climate change. It is the only thing that can be
causing it. It’s also responsible for increased storms, droughts and
wildfires across North America. The melting in Antarctica will certainly
continue for the rest of this century. In fact, it may be irreversible.
We’ve already seen this has serious consequences for humanity and the
various fish and animal species we share the planet with. This is why
it’s so vital that we understand this is a climate crisis, and even more
important for governments around the world to live up to their promises
in the Paris Agreement.Read More

Alberta’s Oilsands Owe Canadians Far More than They Can Pay | The Tyee: For reasons to be pondered by indebted generations yet unborn, the beleaguered Alberta Energy Regulator allowed the petroleum sector to pile up massive unfunded environmental liabilities on the dubious assumption that bitumen extraction would remain profitable for decades into the future. So towering is the tally of unreclaimed tailings ponds that it is possible the largest part of Alberta’s energy sector — heavily hyped as the economic engine of the nation — never actually made any money.

Bitumen royalties paid to the Alberta government back to 1970 total $49 billion. Corrected for inflation, this figure is closer to $59 billion. This sounds like a hefty sum, except when compared to unfunded cleanup costs. Officially the AER estimates total oil and gas liabilities to be $58 billion with only $1.6 billion held in securities. Leaked documents from the AER instead peg potential cleanup costs of the tailing ponds alone to closer to $130 billion.

Alberta’s Oilsands Owe Canadians Far More than They Can Pay | The Tyee: For reasons to be pondered by indebted generations yet unborn, the beleaguered Alberta Energy Regulator allowed the petroleum sector to pile up massive unfunded environmental liabilities on the dubious assumption that bitumen extraction would remain profitable for decades into the future. So towering is the tally of unreclaimed tailings ponds that it is possible the largest part of Alberta’s energy sector — heavily hyped as the economic engine of the nation — never actually made any money.Bitumen royalties paid to the Alberta government back to 1970 total $49 billion. Corrected for inflation, this figure is closer to $59 billion. This sounds like a hefty sum, except when compared to unfunded cleanup costs. Officially the AER estimates total oil and gas liabilities to be $58 billion with only $1.6 billion held in securities. Leaked documents from the AER instead peg potential cleanup costs of the tailing ponds alone to closer to $130 billion.Read More