Environment minister calls Maritime Iron’s emissions projections ‘concerning’ | CBC News
He said he would have to balance the potential economic boost in the Chaleur region with the likelihood the plant would cause the province to miss its emissions-reduction targets.
Feds to avoid selling Trans Mountain pipeline so long as risks remain
The Supreme Court of Canada eliminated one of those
risks Thursday when it denied British Columbia the right to regulate
the contents of the pipeline. At least two other significant legal
challenges continue to hang over the project, making its future far from
certain.
Media release: It’s time for BP Canada to go, Offshore Alliance – Nova Scotia Advocate
“Fifty-four per cent of Nova Scotians don’t want BP
here at all,” said Robin Tress, Climate Justice Campaigner with the
Council of Canadians, citing polling conducted by Corporate Research
Associates in October 2018. The Government of Nova Scotia has formally
recognized that we are in a climate crisis, and yet they continue to
enable and promote offshore oil and gas exploration. “These actions are
totally incongruent,” said Tress. “We know that the climate crisis is
real – forest fires are ravaging Australia currently and have destroyed
forests in Canada. By approving this extension and promoting fossil fuel
extraction, Nova Scotia is adding fuel to the fire.”
RCMP concerned Indigenous rights advocates will gain public support: new study | The Narwhal
It also shows the government’s risk assessments of Indigenous protests, court injunctions initiated by private corporations against Indigenous people, and RCMP policing tactics all favour corporate interests and private property rights over Indigenous rights and title.
This includes the current resistance by land defenders and hereditary chiefs to the Coastal GasLink LNG pipeline slated to run through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory.
What Jason Kenney’s War Room Is Costing Alberta | The Walrus
The rules being made by major banks and pension funds when it comes to fossil fuels and climate change are increasingly clear: carbon emissions can’t continue to grow the way they have, and we intend to invest accordingly.