For those concerned about climate justice and leaving a living legacy to our grand-children, your everyday actions are making a positive difference. Sometimes, in these destructive days of Trump, and svengali politics of Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, we just don’t say that enough.
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Alberta Pulls out of Climate Plan in Response to Trans Mountain Defeat
Someone should tell the Premier of Alberta, Rachel Notley, that when you are in a hole, you should stop digging.
Oil Change International responds to court’s quashing of Trans Mountain’s approval
“De facto halting this dangerous project keeps open the only credible path for Canada to live up to its obligation to fight climate change. Building new, long-lived pipelines in support of ever-growing oil production and export is wholly incompatible with the rapid transition away from fossil fuels required.”
Canadian Gov “Deliberately Withheld” Info on Spiralling Cost of Trans Mountain
“It appears as though the Canadian government deliberately withheld information about the costs of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline because it would have shocked Canadians at the time.”
As More Die in the Global Heatwave, Canada Invests in Climate Disaster
If Justin Trudeau didn’t know before. He does now. If Canadian’s Prime Minster could blame ignorance before, he can’t now.
Oil Change International statement on approval of Line 3 Certificate of Need
“This decision represents a complete failure by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to hear the concerns of Indigenous communities and other Minnesotans demanding its rejection.”
Climate News From Antarctica, Africa & Asia Makes KM Buy-Out Even More Catastrophic
Three pieces of research published this week reveal the increasing climate emergency we live in, and reiterate the recklessness of the decision by Trudeau to invest billions in Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline.
What Canada’s Pipeline Purchase Means for Line 3 and KXL
What does it say about the prospects for multi-billion dollar tar sands oil pipelines, that a national government felt the need to buy a project outright in order to try to save it? When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to buy-out a failing tar sands pipeline from texas-based Kinder Morgan last month, it exposed … Read More
Trump to Miss G7 “Working Together on Climate Change” Session
Even before the G7 meeting – or G6 plus one meeting in Canada – the signs are that it will be chaotic and deeply antagonistic, with spats over trade, tariffs and Russia, to say the least.
Oil Change Int’l responds to Canada’s deal to purchase Kinder Morgan assets
“It’s not surprising that Kinder Morgan – successor to fraud-plagued Enron – wants to unload this boondoggle onto taxpayers. What’s surprising and disappointing is that Canada fell for it.”