Climate change

Foreign radicals Koch brothers are after the oil sands

Sujets: 
Corporate ethics, Oil & gas industry, Climate change
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2

Gerald Caplan – May. 26, 2012

Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have courageously chosen to expose and confront foreign interests that have surreptitiously been infiltrating the Canadian oil industry – and they don’t mean their Chinese Communist partners. They are apparently in possession of revelations about these extremists and criminals that, in the words of Senator Nicole Eaton, “would make your blood boil.”

Launching a much-needed Senate inquiry into “interference of foreign foundations in Canada’s domestic affairs” and their “abuse” of registered charitable status, Ms. Eaton stated: “There is political manipulation. There is influence peddling. There are millions of dollars crossing borders masquerading as charitable donations.” I am glad to contribute to their work.

A Legal Defense Fund for Climate Scientists

Sujets: 
Oil & gas industry, Climate change, Science
Scores: 
0

Andew C. Revkin – January 25, 2012

For years, climate scientists have been assailed from many sides — through e-mail hacking, death threats, politician’s demands for documents, Freedom of Information requests (many having the strong smell of a fishing expedition).

A Climate Science Legal Defense Fund set up last fall has taken on a formal affiliation with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, an established nonprofit group offering aid and advice to government whistleblowers and scientists working on environmental issues.

California backs EU plan for "dirty fuel" label

Sujets: 
Tar sands, Environment, Climate change
Scores: 
0

Barbara Lewis – December 6, 2011

EU plans to slap a "dirty" label on fuels derived from Canada's huge oil sands reserves have received a boost from California, whose pioneering labeling scheme seeks to put consumers in the driving seat.

Canada sees huge export potential for its reserves of oil sand, which are among the world's largest, and has bitterly opposed EU plans it regards as a threat to future markets.

UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project

Sujets: 
Oil & gas industry, Climate change
Scores: 
0

Damian Carrington – November 27, 2011

The UK government has been giving secret support at the very highest levels to Canada's campaign against European penalties on its highly polluting tar sands fuel, the Guardian can reveal.

At the same time, the UK government was being lobbied by Shell and BP, which both have major tar sands projects in Alberta, and opened a new consulate in the province to "support British commercial interests".

Corporations spending billions to prevent climate change action

Sujets: 
Tar sands, Oil & gas industry, Climate change, Message control or 'spin'
Scores: 
3

Mike De Souza – November 23, 2011

A handful of multinational corporations are "exerting undue influence" on the political process in Canada, the U.S. and other key nations to delay international action on climate change, alleges a new report released Tuesday by Greenpeace International.

The report documents a series of alleged lobbying and marketing efforts led by major corporations and industry associations, representing oil and gas companies as well as other major sources of pollution in Canada, the U.S., Europe and South Africa, which is hosting an international climate-change summit that begins next Monday.

University of Calgary 'research accounts' used to fund anti-science campaign

Sujets: 
Oil & gas industry, Environment, Climate change, Message control or 'spin', Science
Scores: 
4

Mike DeSouza – September 15, 2011

A pair of "research" accounts at the University of Calgary, funded mainly by the oil and gas industry, were used for a sophisticated international political campaign that involved high-priced consultants, lobbying, wining, dining and travel with the goal of casting doubt on climate change science, newly released accounting records have revealed.

The records showed that the strategy was crafted by professional firms, in collaboration with well-known climate change skeptics in Canada and abroad, allowing donors to earn tax receipts by channelling their money through the university.

Government puts climate change trend archive on ice

Sujets: 
Environment, Climate change, Science
Scores: 
3

Randy Boswell – September 14, 2011

A one-of-a-kind archive of ancient Canadian ice cores, collected over 40 years by federal scientists as evidence of climate change and pollution trends, is scheduled for "shutdown" within months because of "strategic budget compressions" at Natural Resources Canada, Postmedia News has learned.

The plan to put the ice archive on ice, and the "radical downsizing" of an associated Geological Survey of Canada research lab, are revealed in a message issued to fellow scientists last week by federal glaciologist Christian Zdanowicz, who has appealed to universities or other scientific bodies to consider taking over management of the targeted research resource.

Oil firm kick-started university climate skeptic fund

Sujets: 
Oil & gas industry, Environment, Climate change, Message control or 'spin', Science
Scores: 
3

Mike De Souza – September 13, 2011

A major Alberta-based oil and gas company helped to kick-start an elaborate public relations project designed to cast doubt on scientific evidence linking human activity to global warming with a $175,000 donation in 2004 channelled through the University of Calgary, a newly-released letter has revealed.

The donation from Talisman Energy was the largest single contribution to a pair of trust accounts at the university that received $507,975 in donations to produce a video and engage in public relations, advertising and lobbying activities against the Kyoto Protocol and government measures to restrict fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.

Feds highlight oilsands lobbying success

Sujets: 
Tar sands, Environment, Climate change
Scores: 
4

Mike De Souza – August 29, 2011

The federal government described media reports about weakened Europe climate-change policies as a "leap forward" on work to protect Alberta's oilsands industry, internal documents obtained by Postmedia News have revealed.

The information was included in a document summarizing a March 2010 meeting between government officials, oil and gas industry executives, and Bruce Carson, a former top adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. It highlighted media reports about the European Union backing away from stringent environmental standards targeting oilsands crude in order "to avoid further damage to ties."

Canada falls behind U.S. in reducing industrial pollution

Sujets: 
Environment, Climate change
Scores: 
3

Mike De Souza – August 2, 2011

Global warming is the world's greatest environmental challenge and Canada is falling behind the United States in reducing the pollution from industry that is causing the problem, say newly released briefing notes prepared for Environment Minister Peter Kent.

The warnings, submitted to Kent in January when he took over the environment portfolio in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government, say global warming will have significant social, political and economic implications, putting Canada on the hot seat over its own record and commitments.

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