Taylor C. Noakes is an independent journalist and public historian.
Premier Danielle Smith declared sheโs pursuing โevery legal optionโ in her fight against Trudeauโs federal proposal to curb emissions.
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once said back in 2015, โthe atmosphere doesnโt care where carbon is emitted.โ
UCP pledges to abandon the provinceโs net zero targets, and remove the designation of CO2 as a pollutant.
The province has set ambitious carbon neutrality goals while opposing every effort to get there.
The motions are backed by federal anti-greenwashing laws aiming to stem the tide of misinformation produced by Canadaโs oil and gas industry.
An emergency preparedness conference in Ottawa hosted two days of panels with only limited discussion of climate changeโs root causes.
When questioned by DeSmog at an Edmonton conference Tuesday, the Alberta premier falsely blamed wind and solar for electric grid troubles.
The BC Conservative leaderโs fringe ideas โ shared on Jordan Petersonโs podcast โ have earned condemnation from Indigenous groups.
Major companies have scrubbed references to carbon capture. Yet government officials continue to promote it.
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