Enviromental Defense
APRIL 26, 2024
In 2013, I returned to university to complete a master’s degree with a research focus on energy transition. When Canada’s federal government first started talking about legislation to support a just transition – I must admit, I was hopeful. I decided I needed to start working on a solution – and find the ‘yes’ to the ‘no.’
Corp Watch
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land.
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Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 20, 2023
This new research found that ExxonMobil’s climate projections from its internally developed models accurately projected the temperature rise that has happened since then and that its calculations were in line with independent research produced at the time by academic and government scientists. Let’s dig into what Supran et al.’s
Enviromental Defense
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Last week world leaders gathered in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit where countries shared concrete action they’ve taken to phase out fossil fuels. There, the conversation was grounded in science, with leaders such as California’s Governor Newsom saying “The climate crisis is a fossil fuel crisis. Is that you?
Enviromental Defense
APRIL 3, 2023
The Halton Hills Generating Station in Halton Hills, Ontario (Photo by Ian Willms) The “Clean Energy Advantage” In the budget, the government boasts about Ontario’s “clean energy advantage” even though it is actively whittling away at it. The current government acts like it’s somehow responsible for this feat.
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 10, 2024
In North America, the land carbon sink between 2004 and 2013 offset roughly 39% of fossil fuel emissions , but varied substantially year to year. This does not undercut the conclusions drawn from any given model, but rather increases the urgency with which we must phase out fossil fuels and adapt to coming climate change.
Enviromental Defense
OCTOBER 23, 2023
These wildfires, which were exacerbated by emissions from fossil fuel producers, burned over 17 million hectares of forest. However, this research was hidden from the public eye and Exxon continued to publicly cast doubt about climate science, fund climate denial groups and think tanks, and promote fossil fuel expansion and use.
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