Tar sands executive named as Canadian ‘climate champion’ ahead of Cop26
Suncor’s chief sustainability officer is one of 26 people praised for moving Canada towards net zero emissions, despite the oil company expanding production
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Climate Weekly: Trudeau’s climate pact breaks down
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Tar sands companies aim for ‘net zero’ by 2050 – with no plan to extract less oil
The alliance of Canadian oil producers makes no mention of winding down oil production, which modelling shows is necessary to achieve global climate goals
Tar sand pipelines batter Canada’s climate leader tag
Green groups say PM Justin Trudeau talks tough on international stage but is failing in his duty to cap domestic emissions from oil and gas with move to greenlight pipelines
Meet the woman who took on Canada’s tar sand barons
Environmental campaigner Tzeporah Berman was once branded an ‘enemy of the state’ for taking on oil companies. Now she’s talking to them, with surprising results
Alberta beefs up carbon levy in climate policy boost
NEWS: Canadian province’s step to strengthen regulation of oil patch more symbolic than effective in hitting emissions target
Activists split on Oxford University partial divestment
NEWS: Reactions to university rejection of coal and tar sands range from “great leadership” to handing back degrees in disgust
Comment: Short-term economic issues distort EU climate policy
EU efforts to ban highly polluting fuels and cost the effects of airline emissions are being thwarted for the sake of short-term economic goals.
Why should you care about Canada’s tar sands?
The EU is poised to vote on a proposal to label oil from Canada’s tar sands as ‘environmentally damaging’. RTCC asks why this type of oil is so controversial.
Campaign Group: UK must vote to ban tar sands
As the EU commission gets set to vote on the Quality Fuel Directive, student group People and Planet urge the UK to vote for the directive and banning tar sands imports from the continent.