Another Compilation of Sobering Climate Stories

onApr 6, 2006 @ 21:31 PDT

Kudos to Steven Hume of the Vancouver Sun, always a voice of conscience in a corporate storm, for this climate change wrap.

From the Vancouver Sun:

Let’s commend BC Hydro for asking a big question

“A Vancouver-based company unveils a plan to exploit North America’s gluttonous energy appetite by strip mining and gasifying 30 million tonnes of coal in the Mackenzie Valley – enough that if it were loaded into pickup trucks one tonne at a time the lineup would reach around the earth’s equator three-and-a-half times.”

By Richard Littlemore

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Analysis

Alberta Is Making It Even Harder to Develop Renewable Energy

ByMitch Anderson

onJun 20, 2025 @ 07:15 PDT

The province released new burdensome reclamation requirements for wind and solar projects — the latest performance in an elaborate political troll.

uk/Rachel Reeves Promised Oil Industry ‘Quid Pro Quo’ Over Windfall Tax in Private Meeting

BySam Bright

onJun 19, 2025 @ 04:01 PDT

The government has been accused of making a “secret exchange deal” with fossil fuel firms to compensate for the tax hike.

Analysis

Pioneers of Europe's Citizen-led Solar Revolution Sound Alarm Over 'Corporate Capture'

ByAna Muñoz and Jairo Marcos

onJun 19, 2025 @ 00:24 PDT

A third of energy communities receiving subsidies from the Spanish government are managed by subsidiaries of oil giant Repsol, DeSmog review of official data finds.