Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

New analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that despite federal government promises, funding to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries remains high Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – New analysis released today by Environmental Defence reveals Canada’s federal government provided at least $18.6

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

Attorneys general (AGs) in the five states most vulnerable to climate change, however, are doing the exact opposite: Instead of defending their constituents, they are defending the fossil fuel industry. He routinely partners with other GOP AGs to shield the industry from federal action on climate change.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The decision at the Glasgow climate conference to phase down fossil fuels is an important step forward — and not just because of climate change. We think of fossil fuels as a source of climate change, but that’s only a one part of the problem. Consider coal.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Although a 1977 memo alerted Jimmy Carter to the problem of climate change, the first tentative responses to climate change didn’t emerge until he left the White House. The Act acknowledged the possible dangers of climate change. He attempted to undermine climate action by state governments.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The destruction caused by climate change is directly linked to human activity, primarily burning fossil fuels. There are multiple realistic, tangible solutions that would rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, yet policy addressing anthropogenic climate change remains slow and insufficient.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 15, 2023

A Montana state district court has issued its long-awaited decision in a major climate change case brought by Montana children against state officials. Judge Seeley did so after presiding over a two-week, non-jury trial in June 2023–the first such climate change trial in U.S. In Held v. legal history.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fossil fuel companies are well established as founts of disinformation , agents of obstruction, and drivers of climate change. Taken together, the need for governments to meaningfully regulate these super polluters has never been clearer.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If passed into law, the bill would be a valuable step toward limiting misinformation about fossil fuels and countering greenwashing. The fossil fuel industry has a long and well documented history of denying climate science and funding advertising campaigns to greenwash oil and gas.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 19, 2024

Cyclical climatic systems like El Niño are a factor, but the science is clear: Alberta’s climate is changing and water scarcity will be an ongoing issue as a result of climate change, which is primarily driven by the combustion of fossil fuels.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 26, 2023

Supreme Court gave state and local governments a big–if preliminary–legal win against the fossil fuel industry. So after six long years of procedural skirmishing and delays, all of these climate change lawsuits are back in state court–where they belong. This week the U.S.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

If you want our vote if you don’t want the blood of our generations to be on your hands, end fossil fuels.” Another said the president “is in a unique position to be a leader to end the fossil fuel movement globally.” Those outcomes would be devastating for climate policy. The first reason is the Supreme Court.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 11, 2024

Will the City of Ottawa ban fossil fuel promotion in City facilities? Fossil fuel advertisements indeed contradict the City’s policies on climate. City Council declared a climate emergency in 2019 and committed to a full phase-out of fossil fuels by 2050. It’s possible. And who knows?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We’ve heard these lazily disingenuous narratives before.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 3, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen Jim Ratcliffe, the UK’s richest man and the founder and CEO of Ineos , the petrochemical giant, who perversely pays little UK tax as he resides in the tax haven of Monaco, has won UK government backing from a giant fossil fuel project which campaigners have labelled as climate wrecking.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 24, 2023

If applied with integrity, these new rules for government spending will effectively shut the door on the creation of new handouts of public money to the companies most responsible for the climate disasters being experienced today – and free up billions for climate solutions.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear. What is South Korea doing to cut its emissions?

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Dubai, UAE – Fossil fuel lobbyists are swarming COP28 this year, including Canada’s official delegation. According to the UN’s Provisional List of Registered Participants at COP28, 35 people with ties to the fossil fuel sector were given Party badges by Canada.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Earlier this month at COP28 countries committed to transitioning off of fossil fuels and massively scaling up renewable energy instead. So you’re excused if, like me, you’re baffled by Minister Freeland’s first move in the wake of COP28: a giant new fossil fuel subsidy, via the new Canada Growth Fund.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On this final day of COP28, just a few hours after countries of the world agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels, I’m overcome with a mix of emotions. Gratitude to the people in the climate and Indigenous rights movement, who have been pushing for this outcome for years.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

This wasn’t the first of these summits – but it was the first one that focused on the concrete actions governments are taking to phase out fossil fuels. We heard world leader after world leader say what has been only an elephant in the room until now – that we must phase out fossil fuels.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2024

The City of Ottawa allows fossil fuel companies to advertise their products and messages on billboards and facilities throughout the city. Yesterday, I joined other delegates and presented to the city’s Finance and Corporate Services Committee to urge city councilors to ban advertising by fossil fuel companies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

In the first legislative act under his watch, his Republican majority last month passed an appropriations bill that seeks to gut many federal programs meant to fight climate change. It stops the government from factoring in the social cost of greenhouse gases in budgets and environmental reviews. Despite the fact that 99.9

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Legal Planet

MARCH 23, 2023

That raises a question: Why did the government take such a narrow stance rather than addressing the broader issues presented by the lawsuits? The case before the Supreme Court is one of a number of lawsuits brought in state court by state and local governments against fossil fuel producers, primarily oil companies.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

At COP28, countries agreed to transition away from fossil fuels and accelerate action within the decade to achieve our global climate goals. This welcome progress on climate change is an important signal for Canada to take note of; the world is transitioning away from one of our main exports.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

And fossil fuel power plants may not stick to their retirement schedules for a variety of reasons. And CO 2 emissions are a primary driver of global climate change, which is exacerbating the type of extreme weather that killed 474 people and caused $165 billion in damages in the United States last year alone.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

The US House Oversight and Reform Committee kicked off its investigation of the fossil fuel industry’s decades-long climate change disinformation campaign last fall by inviting top executives from BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell to testify about their role and subpoenaing their companies for internal documents.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In light of Native American Heritage Day last Friday, we should also be thinking about the future of the tribes in the era of climate change. Tribes face serious challenges from climate change, but also some potential opportunities. In terms of climate impacts, many tribes are at high risk. Download as PDF.

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Environmental Law Centre

MAY 25, 2023

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2: Oil Sands Fluid Tailings Management Part 1 of this blog (see here) looked at the end of. The post The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 2 appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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Environmental Law Centre

MAY 24, 2023

The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1: Management of Liabilities, Orphans and Post-closure Sites The management of oil and gas liability in Alberta is. The post The Next Government needs to address Alberta’s Fossil Fuel Liabilities Part 1 appeared first on Environmental Law Centre.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 26, 2023

At a time when people across Canada are struggling with the cost of living and communities are dealing with the impacts of climate disasters, governments must hold big polluters accountable for the damage they are causing. Fossil fuels are by far the largest contributor to climate change.

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 13, 2023

March was a tight competition between fossil fuel pipeline, extraction, and oil and gas production companies for who could get the most face time with the federal government. Our lobby bot recorded 103 meetings between oil and gas industry lobbyists and federal government officials from the lobby registry.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 4, 2024

In part one of this series we introduced you to the huge role that the Canadian financial sector plays in exacerbating the climate crisis. Climate change could have some very significant negative impacts on the Canadian economy, and therefore your money. In this blog, we’ll discuss how climate change poses a risk to finance.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 24, 2023

For the first time, the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—the world’s highest court—may be ruling on climate change. On March 29, the UN General Assembly will vote on a resolution to bring climate change before the ICJ.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The fossil fuel industry has lobbied the federal government over 1017 times so far this year! It’s no wonder the government is slow to release its climate policies – not a day goes by where it isn’t being pressured to prioritize Big Oil’s interests. That’s over seven meetings per working day !

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The phrase “ Loss and Damage “ has been bandied about in international climate negotiations since 1991 when Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific, called for developed countries to assist in shouldering the financial burden arising from climate change impacts.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2023

The lobby bot data from February 2023 is in – and it was a busy month for fossil fuel lobbyists determined to weaken climate change policy. Oil and gas industry lobbyists met with federal government officials a minimum of 91 times in February (and that only includes the meetings that get tracked. Most don’t.)

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Earlier this month the Government of Canada delivered on a key climate promise and released new rules which end public funding for fossil fuels abroad, starting January 1, 2023. If all signatories follow through on their pledge with integrity, it will directly shift $38 billion a year from fossil fuels to clean energy. .

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