The dramatic takeover of Venezuela and its oil industry is sparking more talk of pipelines and a fossil fuel bonanza in Canada. But climate experts, economists and others say don’t bet on it.
The geopolitical drama doesn’t change climate realities, energy forecasts showing oil’s decline or Indigenous legal rights that could block new projects, these observers note.
The party’s new leader talks taxes, rallying support and the NDP’s drift to the right.
Headed into the holiday break, BC Green Leader Emily Lowan was hoping for gains as her party renegotiates its agreement with the governing NDP to work together on shared priorities.
British Columbia’s modest climate gains are at risk after a wave of policy clawbacks this past year.
According to the province’s recent accountability report — which reflects BC’s climate data on a two-year lag — carbon pollution declined by four per cent in 2023, meaning emissions are now 9 per cent below the 2007 baseline.
Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down how Carney and Smith have fulfilled Big Oil’s entire wish list
Mark Carney’s deal with Alberta’s Danielle Smith is the climate sell-out of the century.
Author and analyst Seth Klein joins Desmond Cole to break down everything it contains—from pipelines, to AI data centres, to dirty electricity, to a rollback of almost every Trudeau-era climate policy.
Workers in Canada’s oil and gas industry won’t be able to escape the sector’s coming collapse regardless of the fossil fuel boosterism from politicians in Ottawa and Alberta.
That’s according to new research from the Centre for Future Work, which found that concerns about fossil fuel employment “have been weaponized by industry” to prevent or delay policies to reduce oil and gas production and use.
