Geoff Dembicki is Global Managing Editor of DeSmog and author of The Petroleum Papers. He’s based in Montreal.
An Indigenous Resource Network spokesperson confirmed funding from Cenovus, but denied the companyโs membership status.
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.
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