#Elxn44 BREAKING: Trudeau Campaign Announcement Means End of Oil and Gas Expansion – The Energy Mix:

Brouillette said the plan to reduce methane emissions
75% this decade is aligned with the path the Biden administration is
laying out in the United States. But she cautioned that Canada has dragged its feet on the 40 to 45% reduction by 2025 that Trudeau promised in 2016, following a summit with then-U.S. president Barack Obama and then-Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.

To hit the 75% target, a post-election Trudeau government would also
have to get a handle on actual methane emissions from fossil fuel
operations, particularly in the fracking fields of northeastern British
Columbia, that are currently 1.6 to 2.2 times higher than federal estimates. And Ottawa would have to pay close attention to the new methane emissions fossils are tacitly endorsing
with their plans to produce “blue” hydrogen from natural gas—or, as
their critics contend, to use a shift toward hydrogen as a pretext to
extend the life of a faltering natural gas industry.

#Elxn44 BREAKING: Trudeau Campaign Announcement Means End of Oil and Gas Expansion – The Energy Mix: Brouillette said the plan to reduce methane emissions
75% this decade is aligned with the path the Biden administration is
laying out in the United States. But she cautioned that Canada has dragged its feet on the 40 to 45% reduction by 2025 that Trudeau promised in 2016, following a summit with then-U.S. president Barack Obama and then-Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto. To hit the 75% target, a post-election Trudeau government would also
have to get a handle on actual methane emissions from fossil fuel
operations, particularly in the fracking fields of northeastern British
Columbia, that are currently 1.6 to 2.2 times higher than federal estimates. And Ottawa would have to pay close attention to the new methane emissions fossils are tacitly endorsing
with their plans to produce “blue” hydrogen from natural gas—or, as
their critics contend, to use a shift toward hydrogen as a pretext to
extend the life of a faltering natural gas industry.Read More

A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef:

Almost half the world’s 2.2 billion children are
already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis
and pollution, according to a report from Unicef. The UN agency’s head
called the situation “unimaginably dire”.

Nearly
every child around the world was at risk from at least one of these
impacts today, including heatwaves, floods, cyclones, disease, drought,
and air pollution, the report said. But 1 billion children live in 33
countries facing three or four impacts simultaneously. The countries
include India, Nigeria and the Philippines, and much of sub-Saharan
Africa.

A billion children at ‘extreme risk’ from climate impacts – Unicef: Almost half the world’s 2.2 billion children are
already at “extremely high risk” from the impacts of the climate crisis
and pollution, according to a report from Unicef. The UN agency’s head
called the situation “unimaginably dire”.Nearly
every child around the world was at risk from at least one of these
impacts today, including heatwaves, floods, cyclones, disease, drought,
and air pollution, the report said. But 1 billion children live in 33
countries facing three or four impacts simultaneously. The countries
include India, Nigeria and the Philippines, and much of sub-Saharan
Africa.Read More

Global ‘Climate Gentrification’ Pushes Poor People into Unsafe Areas – The Energy Mix: This new pattern of climate gentrification
could reshape low-risk areas as havens for the wealthy, while people
with fewer resources are forced to live in unsafe environments. Research
indicates that the regions hardest hit by climate change could include
Canada’s Arctic, which is forecast to experience longer fire seasons,
and coastal areas, which will likely see “severe flooding throughout the
rest of the century,” CBC reports.

In a further complication, people who can only afford to live in
higher-risk areas will likely be left paying disproportionately high
premiums for their homes as insurance companies look to recoup their own
losses from climate impacts. Bloomberg Green reports
that climate change is “exacerbating extreme and freak weather events
so rapidly that even the insurance industry is struggling to keep up.”

Global ‘Climate Gentrification’ Pushes Poor People into Unsafe Areas – The Energy Mix: This new pattern of climate gentrification
could reshape low-risk areas as havens for the wealthy, while people
with fewer resources are forced to live in unsafe environments. Research
indicates that the regions hardest hit by climate change could include
Canada’s Arctic, which is forecast to experience longer fire seasons,
and coastal areas, which will likely see “severe flooding throughout the
rest of the century,” CBC reports. In a further complication, people who can only afford to live in
higher-risk areas will likely be left paying disproportionately high
premiums for their homes as insurance companies look to recoup their own
losses from climate impacts. Bloomberg Green reports
that climate change is “exacerbating extreme and freak weather events
so rapidly that even the insurance industry is struggling to keep up.”Read More

One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.

Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”

Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”

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One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”Click here to comment on the articleRead More

One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.

Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”

Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”

Click here to comment on the article.

One big, expensive, avoidable reason why governments won’t take action on climate change: The ISDS mechanism in trade deals allows foreign companies and
investors to sue countries over policies and regulations that hinder
their future profits – including moves to restrict fossil fuel use
under the Paris climate agreement.Hamstrung by trade agreements such as The Energy Charter, NAFTA and
CUSMA, and bilateral investment treaties, European, North American, and
South American governments are being hit with ISDS lawsuits which, as The Guardian columnist George Monbiot argues, make “effective action against climate breakdown almost impossible.”Monbiot nailed it when he wrote on Aug. 19, “government lawyers
should be all over this issue, looking for a way out. Otherwise, future
corporate profits remain officially more important than life on Earth.”Click here to comment on the article.Read More