Global demand for petrochemical products is growing quickly as the world’s population expands and emerging economies build capacity.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the production of plastics has increased worldwide by more than tenfold since 1970, faster than the rate of growth of any other group of bulk materials and almost 60 percent faster than growth of gross domestic product (GDP). #abpoli
A recent analysis of the Conservative plan, prepared by an economist and an environmental engineer for Clean Prosperity, an organization that supports “market-based” responses to climate change, concluded that Scheer’s approach would end up being more costly and less effective than current government policies.
“The plan would result in Canada missing the Paris target of 513 Mt in 2030 by 109 Mt, an increase of 30 Mt, or 38 per cent, from the current 2030 projection from Environment and Climate Change Canada,” the analysis says.
A Real Plan to Protect our Environment talks about taking “new approaches” to reducing global emissions, such as making Canadian oil and gas the cleanest in the world and using it to replace “dirtier products” in the international market, as well as exporting more Canadian aluminum to displace metals that have a “higher emissions profile.”
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So don’t wait to drop the dime! Boot up that iPad and start typing … submissions@albertainquiry.ca.
A just transition is possible – but Canada keeps subsidizing oil companies – Environmental Defence
When
I imagine this future, I see thriving communities that prioritize
people over the continued accumulation of wealth by the few. We
prioritize public, green spaces and shared goods, time with family and
friends and the activities we love People have secure careers in a clean
economy that is designed by and for workers.The energy we use is
renewable, local and governed by communities. Indigenous sovereignty,
rights and title are no longer being trampled for corporate gain. There
is peace of mind that our way of life is not at the expense of our
children and grandchildren Those who have been most impacted by the
resource extraction and climate change – such as Indigenous nations and
frontline communities – have been at the forefront of this
transformation.
North Sea oil rigs set to be abandoned while still full of crude oil and chemicals
Due to the cost and difficulty of dismantling the structures, the oil giant has proposed leaving the vast concrete legs from three oil rigs standing in the waters.
These could remain for up to 500 years after the platforms have been decommissioned.
There is an estimated 11,000 tonnes of oil and toxins mixed with sediment held within the Bravo, Charlie and Delta, structures, which were built in the Brent oil field, to the East Shetland Basin, in the 1970s.