In sharp contrast to what Canadian pipeline company Enbridge has been telling consumers and policymakers, one of the company’s experts has filed a court document that says gasoline prices will rise less than a penny in Michigan if the Line 5 oil pipeline shuts down.
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"We are engaged in two legal battles to stop rampant offshore oil and gas development off Newfoundland and Labrador. Companies looking to answer the Call for Bids should be aware there will be massive opposition to these projects from Canadians and the international community."
A striking projection appeared on buildings and other local landmarks in Stavanger on the eve of Equinor’s AGM. The videos featured testimony from Canadians opposing Equinor’s proposed offshore oil project, Bay du Nord, highlighting the risks to marine habitat and the climate.
The Alliance is also calling on the two levels of Government as they eye offshore wind, possibly paired with hydrogen, to prioritize a new relationship between this new industry and existing stakeholders like the fishing industry and conservation groups.
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They call upon all leaders to oppose this government’s climate inaction and say we can have no confidence in their climate promises. Failing to oppose the expansion of oil and gas extraction would be complicity in climate denial.
The latest IPCC assessment conclusively shows that the expansion of oil and gas production through projects like Equinor's Bay du Nord oil project is incompatible with meeting global climate targets.
Today student strikers for the climate confronted Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault during a press conference held at the Maison du Développement Durable in Montreal about the proposed Bay du Nord oil project. Students held signs calling on the federal Cabinet and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reject the project wondering if the cabinet was taking them for fools on this first of April by saying their government is serious on fighting climate change and yet could consider greenlighting this project.
