THE REPORT is at: 2018-07-13 “Estimates of exceedances of critical loads for acidifying deposition in Alberta and Saskatchewan” (water and land, nitrogen and sulphur from oil sands) COMMENT: I conclude this is a good news story, taking place over 12 years! Serendipity: In June 2006 I sat beside a water scientist who told […]
RELATED: 2018-04-19 Kevin Taft on what turned Rachel Notley from crusading critic to big oil crusader, National Observer 2018-09-13 An evening with Kevin Taft, author, “Oil’s Deep State”. https://kevintafttour.ca/ – Who’s in Charge? Oil’s Deep Statew the petroleum industry undermines democracy and stops action on global warming – in Alberta, and in Ottawa […]
You may have guessed: I am making plans now, to attend the following. Please help spread the word. And let your MP know your position (not necessarily the same as mine!). Thanks! Sandra – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – CORRECTION: I did not write the notice […]
I was curious about which Canadian banks have been payrolling the expansions of the Tar Sands (Ft McMurray, AB) and Kinder Morgan, especially after the largest international bank, HSBC, pulled out? The data is in another posting. TD Bank is the largest, with more than $700 million in loans and commitments to Tar Sands and […]
TWO ARTICLES: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/saskatchewan-party-donations-alberta-companies-1.3831759 Critics call Brad Wall’s actions in Alberta undemocratic and unethical Drew Anderson, Robson Fletcher · CBC News · Brad Wall said he’s not considering changes to Saskatchewan’s political donation rules. (Adam Hunter/CBC) EXCERPT Oil and gas money After compiling the data, using publicly available political donation records dating back to 2006, […]
June 17, 2018 In this week’s report from the Hill, Elizabeth May’s staff wrote: “Midnight sittings in the House continued this week. Seizing every opportunity to speak before the summer recess, Elizabeth made almost three dozen interventions on climate change, pipelines, carbon pricing, the Fisheries Act, the Environmental Protections bill, and cannabis legalization.” In […]
The total number of inactive wells in Saskatchewan has increased by almost 90% between 2005 and 2017 to about 30,000. – – – – – – Tax-payers across Canada – – maybe we should start tightening our belts ? The SK Provincial Auditor is talking potential $4 billion cleanup costs for abandoned wells Alberta has […]
And that’s before the Trudeau government blew $4.5 billion on the Trans Mountain pipeline. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywe53k/canada-oil-gas-subsidies-g7-fossil-fuel-scorecard Stephen Leahy Jun 6 2018, 6:00am Image: Shutterstock While paying near record-high gasoline prices, Canadians will be thrilled to know every woman, man, and child in Canada also “donates” around $100 ($77 USD) to profitable, and often foreign-owned, oil and gas […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s largest bank HSBC said on Friday it would mostly stop funding new coal power plants, oil sands and arctic drilling, becoming the latest in a long line of investors to shun the fossil fuels. Other large banks such as ING and BNP Paribas have made similar pledges in recent months as […]
https://commonground.ca/ Common Ground, June 2018 You need a gun to rob a bank, but you need a bank to rob a country! Recommend: go to the link above. There are a number of good articles re – – What a joke! We bought a crappy pipeline with taxpayer’s money. Related (just so you know who […]