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We're 'at risk of betting the farm on unsustainable projects and creating even more economic chaos for the future', not to mention 'the very building blocks and sustainers of life itself — water, air, forests, oceans, the ability to grow food'

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'How is it that we can be at this point in history where we know without a doubt what the impacts of climate change are — and yet our governments seem prepared to invest [in] the very same industrial development schemes that created the problem in the first place?'

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130 civil society organizations representing thousands of Canadians have written the PM, reminding him that 'nation-building' must 'respect Indigenous rights and protect the climate'. 'Oil and gas development and pipelines will not meet these goals'

'Canada, unfortunately, is one the biggest funders of the fossil fuel industry globally. That includes billions of taxpayer dollars that the federal and B.C. governments have already committed to LNG in the form of direct subsidies, lower tax and electricity rates, and public loans.'

(via @climatemamaclaire.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky)

vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed

vancouversunOpinion: Most Canadians don’t support taxpayer subsidies for LNGThere is interest in liquified natural gas for “nation-building” but LNG isn't good use of taxes, nor one backed by Canadian taxpayers.
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'Every year, 34,000 people die prematurely in Canada from fossil fuel pollution. Around the world, the deaths from air pollution are 8.7 million people – more than deaths from smoking.'

'Canada has the third highest childhood asthma rates linked to pollution in the world. We are just behind fellow oil giants Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates in this category.'

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'The latest fire map shows Canada’s north, from the Atlantic to British Columbia, under an extreme fire threat.

Mass evacuations are underway in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The army has been sent into Northwestern Ontario. Folks in major cities are coughing from the smoke of fires thousands of kilometres away.

Toronto had some of the worst air quality on the planet. People are being told to stay indoors.

And the hot months are still on their way.'

'Canada is on fire. The national media is focused on building pipelines for national unity. Oil production is at record levels. We are back of the pack in the G7 for failing all our environmental goals.'

Charlie Angus on 'Canada's oil obsession':

(via @charlieangus104.bsky.social‬ on BlueSky)

charlieangus.substack.com/p/bu

Charlie Angus / The Resistance · Save the County by Burning the PlanetBy Charlie Angus / The Resistance
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Ocean acidification 'is caused when carbon dioxide is rapidly absorbed by the ocean, where it reacts with water molecules leading to a fall in the pH level of the seawater'; this damages coral reefs, ocean habitats and even dissolves the shells of marine creatures.