Geoff Dembicki is Global Managing Editor of DeSmog and author of The Petroleum Papers. He’s based in Montreal.
โThat would be a death knell for our climate targets,โ says climate advocate.
Industry leaders attending a recent B.C. conference said local climate commitments will help them sell fossil fuels overseas.
More evidence the companyโs net-zero plan is โtotal greenwashing,โ says one disinformation expert.
Danielle Smith said she takes the Alberta Prosperity Project โvery seriouslyโ โ even as the group boosts conspiratorial claims about Indigenous rights.
The tar sands industry claims publicly itโs โaggressivelyโ reducing emissions, but documents show that a top producer is telling a much less inspiring story to investors.
Ad showing children happily playing near a gas stove is โterrible and misleading,โ says Vancouver physician.
Instead the companyโs Canadian arm developed a communications plan to make climate solutions like carbon taxes look economically reckless.
The Macdonald Laurier Institute then bragged about pushing a massive tar sands expansion.
The oil and gas industryโs expansion strategy is now being marketed in the language of Indigenous empowerment and net-zero climate action.
โFuelling Canadaโ is linked to major gas companies that are battling climate regulations.
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