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Gulf Coast communities โ already contending with Covid-19, racism and lingering damage from last year's hurricanes โ now face added pollution risks from the fossil fuel industry as Hurricane Ida nears amid build-out of gas export and plastic-manufacturing plants.
The criticism comes despite COP26 President Alok Sharma insisting that the summit would be an "inclusive" event, with โall voicesโ heard.
The environmental protest group has said it wants to highlight the role of the City of London in financing fossil fuels around the world.
New pipelines could help Canada export more tar sands, boosting the bottom lines of Albertaโs oil producers. But experts warn that Canada is charting a โpath to climate crisis.โ
If built, the plastics plant would pump air pollutants into surrounding communities and contribute more to climate change than three coal power plants. Corps announcement deals significant blow to project's backers.
Alongside the broad church of earnest opposition, disparate political interests adopted a series of talking points against the schemes for their own gain.
Scottish climate activists gathered this weekend for their first "climate camp" in a decade to campaign against Scotlandโs third largest polluter.
As oil majors exit the North Sea, the regionโs new players bring a track record of lobbying against climate policy, polluting the environment, and committing alleged labour violations.
A rapid and urgent phaseout of fossil fuels is needed, scientists warn, in order to avoid crossing dangerous climate tipping points.
Local residents have been raising concerns about the impacts of the petrochemical complex, ranked Scotland's third biggest emitter, for years.
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