According to the report, Canada had the 11th-highest economic losses from fossil fuel-related air pollution and 25th-highest attributed premature deaths.
‘This is Not Okay’: Protests Across Canada Stand Up for Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders – The Energy Mix
“I think people are starting to wake
up to the fact that we have the right to our territory,” said Jen
Wickham, spokesperson for one of the five clans of the Wet’suwet’en
Nation, in a Canadian Press story picked up by both the Toronto Star and the fossil industry daily JWN Energy.
“They’re upset and they’re taking to the streets. They’re occupying
offices, they’re stopping traffic, and they’re stopping trains. They’re
saying, loud and clear, ‘This is not OK.’”
The project is large, both in production and surface disturbance, and the JRP concluded that numerous significant adverse environmental effects were likely, including on wetlands, old-growth forests, wetland and old-growth reliant species at risk (including Canada lynx and woodland caribou), the Ronald Lake bison herd, and the asserted rights, use of lands and culture of Indigenous groups who use the project area.
Both its surface water management and mine closure plans are currently prohibited by Alberta’s Water Act, in addition to being based on unproven long-term solutions.
These plans are directly relevant to cabinet’s decision, since tailings ponds affect migratory birds and endangered species, and are known to seep into groundwater and adjacent waterways, all of which fall under federal jurisdiction.
Are Conservatives offering a new approach to climate policy, or more of the same? | CBC News
What MacKay has against beets wasn’t immediately clear (they’re high in vitamins and an excellent source of fibre). But if the ballot question in the next election turns out to be whether Canadians should be asked to eat beets in the freezing dark without the benefit of clothing, MacKay will have a clear and, no doubt, popular position.
From Australia, a burning message for fossil fuel producers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau argues that more pipelines are necessary to pay for the transition to a clean economy. This approach, however, rests on two main assumptions: that Canadian fossil fuels can be produced more cleanly through additional investments; and that reduced emissions from a greener Canadian economy more than compensate for the global emissions produced by increased Canadian fossil-fuel production. So far, there is little evidence to back up those assumptions.