When Dire Climate News Came, Canada’s Front Pages Crumpled | The Tyee: Note: I certainly don’t want to stand up for Postmedia newspapers, but if anyone hasn’t noticed, our federal government doesn’t take it very serious either.

But even the Canadian newspapers that did promote the importance of
the IPCC report were less generous than many of their American
counterparts. The biggest exception was Torstar’s the Toronto Star,
which was found to have the “most accurate climate coverage” in a recent study of 17 international newspapers published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
It used about half of its front page to promote three staff-authored
stories about that report the day after its release, beneath the
headline “Code Red.”

But other newspapers in the Postmedia chain
didn’t seem as worried about that warning. They included the Calgary
Herald, the Edmonton Journal, the Vancouver Sun, and the flagship
National Post, which was found to have the “least accurate” climate
change coverage in the Environmental Research Letters study. Those newspapers fronted the IPCC report by promoting a story about how Canada’s oil patch remains “confident” about its future, despite findings that the UN’s Guterres said “must sound a death knell” for fossil fuels.

When Dire Climate News Came, Canada’s Front Pages Crumpled | The Tyee: Note: I certainly don’t want to stand up for Postmedia newspapers, but if anyone hasn’t noticed, our federal government doesn’t take it very serious either.But even the Canadian newspapers that did promote the importance of
the IPCC report were less generous than many of their American
counterparts. The biggest exception was Torstar’s the Toronto Star,
which was found to have the “most accurate climate coverage” in a recent study of 17 international newspapers published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
It used about half of its front page to promote three staff-authored
stories about that report the day after its release, beneath the
headline “Code Red.”But other newspapers in the Postmedia chain
didn’t seem as worried about that warning. They included the Calgary
Herald, the Edmonton Journal, the Vancouver Sun, and the flagship
National Post, which was found to have the “least accurate” climate
change coverage in the Environmental Research Letters study. Those newspapers fronted the IPCC report by promoting a story about how Canada’s oil patch remains “confident” about its future, despite findings that the UN’s Guterres said “must sound a death knell” for fossil fuels.Read More

Big Oil’s no-good, very-bad week continues | Corporate Knights: In its July oil market report,
the IEA cautioned  that “while prices at these levels could increase
the pace of electrification of the transport sector and help accelerate
energy transitions, they could also put a drag on the economic
recovery.” It added, “Volatility does not help ensure orderly and secure
energy transitions.”

Meanwhile, back in Canada, oil industry advocates continue to suggest
that the sector should be positioning itself to capitalize on the next oil boom.
However, in a report released last month, Jeffrey Craig of Veritas
Investment Research said, “Given the pressure to both cut emissions and
invest in renewable energy, we expect the super majors to shed mostly
upstream oil and gas assets [in the oil sands] to fund investments into
renewables.”

Right on cue, when BP slashed its long-term oil price outlook in late June, the company’s oil sands investments were rendered “worthless,” Reuters reports. The fate of those stranded assets remains to be seen.

Big Oil’s no-good, very-bad week continues | Corporate Knights: In its July oil market report,
the IEA cautioned  that “while prices at these levels could increase
the pace of electrification of the transport sector and help accelerate
energy transitions, they could also put a drag on the economic
recovery.” It added, “Volatility does not help ensure orderly and secure
energy transitions.”Meanwhile, back in Canada, oil industry advocates continue to suggest
that the sector should be positioning itself to capitalize on the next oil boom.
However, in a report released last month, Jeffrey Craig of Veritas
Investment Research said, “Given the pressure to both cut emissions and
invest in renewable energy, we expect the super majors to shed mostly
upstream oil and gas assets [in the oil sands] to fund investments into
renewables.”Right on cue, when BP slashed its long-term oil price outlook in late June, the company’s oil sands investments were rendered “worthless,” Reuters reports. The fate of those stranded assets remains to be seen.Read More

Federal government rejects Grassy Mountain coal project in Alberta | CBC News: “The Government of Canada must make decisions based on the best
available scientific evidence while balancing economic and
environmental considerations,” Wilkinson said in a release.

“It
is in Canada’s best interests to safeguard our water ways for healthy
fish populations like the westslope cutthroat trout, respect Indigenous
peoples’ culture and way of life, and protect the environment for future
generations.”

Federal government rejects Grassy Mountain coal project in Alberta | CBC News: “The Government of Canada must make decisions based on the best
available scientific evidence while balancing economic and
environmental considerations,” Wilkinson said in a release. “It
is in Canada’s best interests to safeguard our water ways for healthy
fish populations like the westslope cutthroat trout, respect Indigenous
peoples’ culture and way of life, and protect the environment for future
generations.”Read More

Prairie Drought Could Threaten Global Food Supplies – The Energy Mix: “It’s going to take longer for the realization of how bad things are
today to fully flow out to the plethora of crop users around the world,”
writes The Western Producer.

Meanwhile, Global News says a drought impacts report
recently issued by Statistics Canada “pointed to record-high
temperatures and a lack of rainfall as having debilitating effects on
farmers’ abilities to produce.” In Alberta, for example, only 36.6%
crops are listed as “good to excellent,” compared to the five-year
average of 74.1%. The report notes a general concern among farmers that
the drought comes at “at the worst time of crop development,” as some
crops are either maturing faster than normal or stagnating.

Ranchers across the prairies are struggling, as well, as grazing
lands and hay crops yield less feed than usual. With limited supply,
demand for feed is driving up prices and pushing producers to sell their
cattle, writes CBC.

“Twenty-five percent to half of our cow herd is just going to
disappear with the drought…and the feed scenario that we’re in,” said
Donnie Peacock, an auctioneer in Saskatchewan. He told CBC producers are
selling off calves earlier than usual, and even parting with their
breeding cows.

Prairie Drought Could Threaten Global Food Supplies – The Energy Mix: “It’s going to take longer for the realization of how bad things are
today to fully flow out to the plethora of crop users around the world,”
writes The Western Producer. Meanwhile, Global News says a drought impacts report
recently issued by Statistics Canada “pointed to record-high
temperatures and a lack of rainfall as having debilitating effects on
farmers’ abilities to produce.” In Alberta, for example, only 36.6%
crops are listed as “good to excellent,” compared to the five-year
average of 74.1%. The report notes a general concern among farmers that
the drought comes at “at the worst time of crop development,” as some
crops are either maturing faster than normal or stagnating. Ranchers across the prairies are struggling, as well, as grazing
lands and hay crops yield less feed than usual. With limited supply,
demand for feed is driving up prices and pushing producers to sell their
cattle, writes CBC. “Twenty-five percent to half of our cow herd is just going to
disappear with the drought…and the feed scenario that we’re in,” said
Donnie Peacock, an auctioneer in Saskatchewan. He told CBC producers are
selling off calves earlier than usual, and even parting with their
breeding cows.Read More

‘Stand With Us’: Indigenous Line 3 Opponents Seek Allies to Fight Tar Sands Pipeline: As state and local law enforcement in Minnesota intensify their violent repression of water protectors resisting Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline, Indigenous leaders on Thursday appealed for allies in their effort to pressure the U.S. government to honor Native American treaty rights and protect the environment and climate by stopping the toxic project.

At least 20 Indigenous-led water protectors were brutally arrested in northern Minnesota last weekend, with law enforcement using tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and pepper projectiles in an attempt to break resistance to the Canadian pipeline company’s $9 billion Line 3 project.

‘Stand With Us’: Indigenous Line 3 Opponents Seek Allies to Fight Tar Sands Pipeline: As state and local law enforcement in Minnesota intensify their violent repression of water protectors resisting Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline, Indigenous leaders on Thursday appealed for allies in their effort to pressure the U.S. government to honor Native American treaty rights and protect the environment and climate by stopping the toxic project.At least 20 Indigenous-led water protectors were brutally arrested in northern Minnesota last weekend, with law enforcement using tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets, and pepper projectiles in an attempt to break resistance to the Canadian pipeline company’s $9 billion Line 3 project.Read More