Vivian Krause
Credentials
- M.Sc. Nutrition, lโUniversitรฉ of Montrรฉal.1โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
- B.Sc. Nutrition, McGill University.2โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
Background
Vivian Maureen Krause is a Canadian researcher and blogger based in Vancouver. She began her blog Fair Questions in 2009 and has used it as a platform to publish her investigations of environmental organizations and charities since. Vivian M. Krause is also an author at Financial Post, which described her as โThe Girl Who Played with Tax Data: And uncovered the foreign funding of Canadian green groups.โ3โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC 4โThe Girl Who Played with Tax Data: And uncovered the foreign funding of Canadian green groups,โ Financial Post, January 9, 2012. Archived November 7, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Ryaqy
Krause worked for the salmon farming industry in 2002 and 2003 as the Corporate Development Manager for North America for Nutreco, a producer of farmed salmon and fish feed. Writing of her work at Nutreco, Krause said that โa lot of my job was PR.โ After leaving Nutreco, she began investigating salmon farming in 2006. Writing in an article at Westcoaster, she claimed that environmental groups were behind an effort to โde-marketโ farmed salmon. One year later, Krause did consulting work for the salmon industry companies Millerd Holdings Ltd. and Salmon of the Americas.5โMy Story, Part 1: From UNICEF to Salmon Farming,โ FairQuestions, November 28, 2010. Archived November 8, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YoTxI 6โAlaskan Marketing Behind Salmon Farming Controversy?โ (PDF), Westcoaster, September 28, 2007. Retrieved from fairquestions.typepad.com. 7โDisclosure: Who Funds Vivian Krause?โ FairQuestions, September 27, 2011. Archived April 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nETy8
Krause has also openly admitted to receiving funding from the oil, gas, and mining industries for her speaking engagements. As part of her effort to expose environmental charities, Krause has testified before the Canadian senate on more than one occasion.8โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC 9โTestimony to the Senate Transport Committee, November 1, 2016,โ Fair Questions, January 2, 2017. Archived November 6, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9hcP 10โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
According to Krause, while she was working on a submission to the B.C. Government on sustainable acquaculture, she โunexpectedly came across a grant for an ‘antifarming campaign’ with ‘science messages’ and ‘earned media.’โ While going over American tax returns, โto try and figure out who was funding the campaign against salmon farmingโ Krause โhappened to notice many grants for a ‘Tar Sands Campaign’ [โฆ] That’s when I started to write about the campaign against Alberta oil.โ11โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
Krause has since claimed credit for the CRA’s investigation of a number of environmental charities, as she writes on her resume.12โVivian Krauseโ (PDF). April 26, 2013. Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
Disclosed Industry Funding
In 2019, Krause said her funding from the energy industry has amounted to $200,000 over seven years, The Star reported.13Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
Responding to questions on Twitter, Krause confirmed that more than 90% of her funding in the years 2012, as well as 2013 and 2014, were from speaking fees and honorariums from the oil, gas, and mining industries.
View screenshots below.14โHonorariums 4 talks were >90%, not 60% of my 2012 $. Mostly mining/oil&gas @Garossino @benwest @keithbaldrey @tomfletcherbc #Transparency,โ Twitter post by user FairQuestions, March 12, 2013. 15โYes. ‘@Garossino: Are you saying speaking fees to industry also exceeds 90% of your 2013 + ’14 income to date? Details?‘โ Twitter post by user @FairQuestions.
Funding & Speaking Timeline
Below is a list of disclosed funding available at Vivian Krause’s blog, based on a post made in March of 2012. Organizations listed included the Atlas Economic Research Institute, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), and other mining and pipeline companies:16โPresentations & Honorariums,โ FairQuestions, March 13, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/LU10x
Date | Presentation or Work | Organization(s) | Location | Honorarium |
Aprill 11, 2019 | NWT Chamber of Commerce Annual President’s Dinner17Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K | NWT Chamber of Commerce | Yellowknife, NT | $Unknown |
June 20, 2018 | Luncheon Speech โ โWho’s funding pipeline protests in Canada?โ18โWho’s funding pipeline protests in Canada?โ Canada Action, June 15, 2018. Archived June 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/PYoXi | Canada Action/Cody Battershill | Calgary, AB | $Unkown |
February 7 – 8 2018 | Originally listed as a Confirmed Keynote Speaker at ConvergX โGlobal Defence and Energy Conference.โ No longer listed on final Keynote Speaker List.19โKeynote Speakers 2018,โ ConvergX. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7y1lf | Energy, Aerospace, Defence & Security Sectors | Calgary, AB | $Unknown |
August 23 – 26, 2017 | Panel Speaker20โExciting New Details About Banff!โ (PDF), CEEA. | Canadian Energy Executives Association (CEEA) | Banff, AB | $Unknown |
May 11, 2017 | Keynote Speaker at Hydraulic Fracturing Workshop21โHydraulic Fracturing – An Update,โ CSUR.com, May 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FbJns | Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR) | Calgary, AB | $Unknown |
Sept 18, 2016 | 37th Annual CAPL Conference Keynote/Luncheon22โ37th Annual CAPL Conference Agendaโ (PDF), Retrieved from caplconference.ca | Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) | St. John’s, Newfoundland | $Unknown |
Jan 19-20, 2016 | Keynote Speaker at โSeafood Weekโ Conference23โKrause to speak at Seafood Week,โ Fishfarmingexpert.com, November 25, 2015. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/O6bKY | Norwegian Seafood Association | Norway | $Unknown |
Nov 3, 2015 | Keynote Speaker at 2015 Industry Insights Forum24โPast Events,โ PSAC. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4LSot | Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC) | Calgary, AB | $Unknown |
Oct 8, 2015 | Guest Speaker at Mining Industry Finance Conference25โYour last chance to attend Vancouverโs best fall finance conference,โ Mining.com, September 18, 2015. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/f8rbz | โSponsored by three independent newsletters focused on energy and miningโ26โOctober 8, 2015 in Vancouver: Meet vetted mining and energy CEOs and network among seasoned investors,โ Subscribersummit.com. Archived August 19, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3Cu3f | Vancouver, BC | $Unknown |
Sept 17 – 18, 2014 | Annual Geophysical Seminar27โ1409โ (PDF), retrieved from CAGC.ca. | CAGC โ the Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors | Red Deer, AB | $Unknown |
Jan-2007 | Consulting | Millerd Holdings Ltd. | Vancouver Island | $10,000 |
Jul-2007 | Consulting | Salmon of the Americas | $7,500 | |
12-Jul-2011 | โMeat The Pressโ Dinner Meeting (See PDF Presentation) | Atlas Economic Research Institute for New York media | New York, NY | $2,500 |
12-Sep-2011 | Lunch Meeting | Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers | Calgary, AB | $5,000 |
27-Jan-2012 | 16th annual conference | Integrated Environmental Plant Management Association of Western Canada (I.E.P.M.A.) | Kelowna, BC | $1,000 |
23-Mar-2012 | Luncheon | B.C. Association for Mineral Exploration | Vancouver, BC | $10,000 |
3-Apr-2012 | Meeting | Canadian Energy Pipelines Association | Calgary, AB | 10000 + Travel |
5-Jun-2012 | Luncheon | Vancouver Board of Trade | Vancouver, BC | $10,000 |
Independent of the above honorariums, in a 2012 interview with the Vancouver Courier, Krause claimed โmy work isn’t funded [โฆ] I have not been funded by any industry, any company, any political party, any entity of any kind. I got a loan from my father (a retired minister) and was able to afford to work unpaid because of child support from my daughter’s father. Ultimately, I sold my home and have been living on my savings.โ28Allen Garr. โFair question includes who funds Vivian Krause?โ Vancouver Courier, January 13, 2012. Archived November 8, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/fWyK0
“Allan Inquiry” Funding
Krause responded on Twitter she was hoping for a cheque related to the province of Alberta’s “Public Inquiry into Anti-Alberta Energy Campaigns,” commonly referred to as the “Allan Inquiry” after its commissioner. A final report was delivered to Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage on July 30, 2021.29“Alberta Inquiry delivers Final Report to Government of Alberta,” Albertainquiry.ca. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DzT6K
The public inquiry launched in July 2019 to look into “into anti-Alberta energy campaigns that are supported by foreign organizations.”30“Alberta Inquiry delivers Final Report to Government of Alberta,” Albertainquiry.ca. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DzT6K
Draft copies of the report suggested the funding of “alleged anti-Alberta energy activities show just a fraction of money flowing to Canadian environmental initiatives during the last 20 years was targeted at halting the extraction and transport of Alberta oil.” CBC, which reviewed copies of the draft report and forensic accounting Deloitte, reported only “about 2.9 to 4.6 per cent of the money” could be tied to the alleged “anti-Alberta” campaigns.31Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
Krause also told CBC that she expected the inquiry to pay her $30,000 and some travel expenses.32Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
“I feel like it’s going to be report card day for me, you know, on 10 years of work,” Krause said.33Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
CBC suggested Krause’s research was what prompted the inquiry and that Premier Jason Kenney had been “intrigued” by her research.34Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
Environmental groups have responded to the draft report and asked to know details of Vivian Krause’s role in the Allan Inquiry, suggesting the public inquiry has lacked transparency since its outset.35“Dogwoodโs response to the Alberta Inquiry,” Dogwood, July 16, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ROUfU 36“Environmental groups respond to bizarre draft report from Allan Inquiry,” YouTube video uploaded by user “Energi Media,” July 21, 2021. 37“Stand.Earth demands to know Vivian Krause’s ,000 role in Allan Inquiry,“ YouTube video uploaded by user “Energi Media,” July 28, 2021. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Criticism and โConspiracy Theoryโ
Numerous groups have classified Krause’s conclusions as โconspiracy theory.โ In 2011, The Dogwood Initiative, which has been one of the targets of Krause’s criticism, offered the following summary of Krause’s theories:38โConspiracy theories are thrilling, but fall apart under scrutiny,โ Dogwood, August 16, 2011. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/5tkIa
North Vancouver researcher Vivian Krause โ who has a history of working for the salmon farming industry and for Conservative MP John Duncan โ claims that the ongoing campaign to stop the expansion of oil tanker traffic on British Columbiaโs coast is really a U.S. protectionist ploy to lock up the oil from the oilsands. In Krauseโs conspiracy plot, the Big Bad Guys are U.S. charitable foundations, such as the Tides Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and any Canadians fighting to stop oil tankers and the risk of oil spills they bring are unwitting dupes of these Machiavellian deep-pocketed U.S. funders.
Krauseโs twist on the conspiracy theory genre is to substitute U.S charitable foundations as the Big Bad Guy in place of the multi-billion dollar oil companies. Not surprisingly, conservative pundits such as Sun TVโs Ezra Levant and the National Postโs Peter Foster have broadcast Krauseโs conspiracy widely.
On the other end of the political spectrum, youโve got left-wing blogger Macdonald Stainsby raising concerns about the same U.S. foundations, but arguing their hidden agenda is to bring an โend to the war over tar sandsโ by providing social licence to oilsands operations through a greenwashing campaign. He posits that the end game is not shutting down the oilsands, but what he calls a foundation-orchestrated Tar Sands Partnership Agreement that would allow the oilsands to continue to expand in exchange for some broad promises on water and tailings. In Stainsbyโs conspiracy, the oilsands corporations, Canadian environmental organizations and U.S. charitable foundation all share the Big Bad Guy role.
Like most Hollywood thrillers, both of these conspiracy plots fall apart quickly under scrutiny.
Krauseโs theory that U.S. funders arenโt interested in protecting the coast from oil tankers, but rather in maximizing the flow of oilsands crude to the United States, ignores an important fact -these same American foundations are also the main funders of the growing international campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline that would increase the flow of oilsands crude into the U.S. by almost one million barrels a day. Funny how this important fact wasnโt acknowledged by Krause, who has drawn praise for her research skills โ but then a conspiracy theorist never let a contrary fact get in the way of a good theory.
Having also cast aspersions on virtually every organization fighting oil tankers and oilsands expansion and their funders, Stainsby hypothesizes an alternative theory. He argues these same U.S. foundationsโ real goal is to build a social licence for continued expansion of the oilsands. To construct his argument, Stainsby ignores the fact that it was campaigns of the environmental groups he criticizes that put the oilsands industry on the defensive and put their social licence in question in the first place. As with Krause, Stainsby also doesnโt let the facts get in the way of a good conspiracy theory.
Despite drawing opposite conclusions, Krause and Stainsby both assume that groups such as Dogwood Initiative are being controlled by U.S. foundations with deleterious motives. Itโs no surprise that as our campaign has heated up, so have the efforts to discredit our organization. Given that we are standing in the way of a multibillion dollar proposal, we expected attacks. The focus of those attacks, however, was a surprise.
Krause has faced criticism from a variety of other sources, some noting that Krause’s โfair questionsโ only target environmental groups and ignore the foreign funding and support of the oil and gas industry in Canada. Writing in an opinion piece at Alberta Oilโwhere Krause has also been a contributorโMarkham Hislop argued that โher data doesnโt support her conclusions, not by a long shot.โ Hislop write that โKrause is a researcher, not a journalist, so she never interviews expert sources to back up her claims.โ39Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
Hislop points to a number of examples. First, Krause’s claim that the Liberal win was due to the influence of environmental groups like the Dogwood Initiative, which Krause argued had received funding from American charities. Hislop quoted Krause: โ’The Liberals won their majority government by 14 seats. In B.C. alone, they picked up 15, thanks in part to Leadnow and the Dogwood Initiative,’ Krause writes. Thatโs like arguing that if I worked on my local Liberal candidateโs campaign, then Trudeau is now Prime Minister thanks in part to Markham Hislop.โ40Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University commented on Krause’s theory of a coordinated anti-oil campaign:41Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
โItโs certainly bordering on conspiracy theory. The idea that all of these groups are interlinked and theyโre that well coordinated, it doesnโt work that way, not on the environmental side of things,โ Brownsey said in an interview for this the Alberta Oil column. โThey are generally very disorganized and very discrete. Itโs almost impossibleโnot impossible, but very improbableโwhat the author [Krause] is trying to argue here.โ42Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
Hislop also breaks down Krause’s argument that the financing of anti-pipeline projects by U.S. sources is a form of โeconomic protectionism.โ He interviewed University of Houston energy economist Ed Hirs:43Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
โHer conclusion that [anti-pipeline activism] is economic protectionism for the benefit of the U.S. is wrong,โ Hirs said. โThe Canadian crudes compete head-to-head with Venezuela and some of the other heavy crude resources from around the world like Saudi Arabia and Mexico. If there are interests unhappy with Canadian crude coming down to the United States, you have to look at the head-to-head competitors and that would include Saudi Arabia.โ44Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
Some more examples below.
- Larry Lintz. โVivian Krause’s conspiracy theory โ you decide,โ Vancouver Sun, February 9, 2012.
- Peter Ladner. โAmerican oil company conspiracy theory doesnโt hold water,โ Business Vancouver, May 8, 2012.
- โEthical Oil attack ads expose un-‘fairness’ of Vivian Krause,โ West Coast Environmental Law, January 17, 2012.
Krause filed a civil claim in May 2017 against the media group that published the Vancouver Observer and National Observer, claiming they had โulterior motives in seeking to discredit me so that my work is not taken seriously.โ45โNOTICE OF CIVIL CLAIMโ (PDF), Supreme Court of British Columbia, May 5, 2017. Retrieved from fairquestions.typepad.com.
Stance on Climate Change
October 2014
In an interview with Global News British Columbia, Krause questioned the accuracy of climate models and promoted the idea of a coordinated attack against the oil and gas industry in Canada.46โThe Throne Speech and climate change,โ Global News, October 7, 2014. Note video is no longer available online, but is archived at DeSmog. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/snqoC
โClimate policy isn’t based on the climate. It’s based on computer-generated models. That’s why we have to get those models right. And we have to know whether carbon emissions is the only important driving factorโwhether volcanos and solar activity, other thingsโ also play a factor, Krause said.47โThe Throne Speech and climate change,โ Global News, October 7, 2014. Note video is no longer available online, but is archived at DeSmog. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/snqoC
Key Quotes
June 27, 2021
Krause tweeted articles for “Sunday reading” including a “reminder” that Canada “accounts for only 1.6% of global GHGs,” and linking to an article at the The Epoch Times claiming “Net-Zero Is a Suicide Mission for Canada.”48“Sunday reading,” Tweet by user “@FairQuestions,” June 27, 2021. Archived .png on file at DeSmog. 49Fergus Hodgson. “Why Net-Zero Is a Suicide Mission for Canada,” The Epoch Times, June 17, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/MtAS1
February 27, 2020
Appearing on The Sim Sara Show Global News, Krause spoke with Vancouver Province columnist Mike Smyth, filling in for Simi, and Peter McCartney from the Wilderness Committee. In an interchange, Krause said foreign funding wasn’t really the problem (view a transcript .docx):50โVivian Krause vs. Peter McCartney,โ The Simi Sara Show via Omny.fm, February 27, 2020. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โAnd let me be clear, as someone who worked in the slums of Guatemala for six years raising foreign funding, I have no problem with it. That’s not the problem. The problem is that these campaigns are not helping the environment. What they’re doing is hurting our economy and not helping. That’s the problem. And that’s why this activism is wrong, no matter who funds it.โ
June 2019
Krause, quoted in Pipeline News, claimed American funders were orchestrating a campaign to landlock Alberta oil. She said she was being encouraged by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe:51โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
โFinally, we have Canadian politicians with the courage to take on the Rockefellers,โ Krause said. โSo I think we need to make sure we continue to support them, let them know theyโre not alone in this fight. This is no small ordeal. Itโs a huge, daunting challenge.โ52โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
Krause also claimed in the article that efforts to protect the Great Bear Rainforest were to prevent oil tanker traffic, rather than protect habitat:53โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
โNow we have this huge area thatโs called the Great Bear Rainforest, but in most of it, there are no Great Bears,โ Krause said. โNow weโre told we canโt have any tankers there. The bears donโt like it.โ
โWhat started off as a good idea, a protection of the habitat of a special bear, that idea has morphed and become a great trade barrier. Something is being protected here, and itโs not the bear.โ54โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
2014
Krause was quoted in a Fall 2014 issue of Aboriginal Business Quarterly on โThe Uncertain Future of Northern Oil and Gasโ:55โThe Uncertain Future of Northern Oil and Gasโ (PDF), Aboriginal Business Quarterly, Fall 2014.
โThatโs what theyโre trying to do with global warming, use it to convince everyone to go to renewables, that we have to go to a more expensive type of energy, foisting this idea to do solar and wind facilities,โ said investigative journalist Vivian Krause. โThis is really about two groups of people and two very different views of how they want the world to run.โ56โThe Uncertain Future of Northern Oil and Gasโ (PDF), Aboriginal Business Quarterly, Fall 2014.
November 2014
Writing at HuffPost, in an article arguing that a vote for Vision Vancouver โIs a Vote for U.S. Interests,โ Krause outlined some of her views:57Vivian Krause, โA Vote For Vision Vancouver Is A Vote For U.S. Interests,โ HuffPost, November 13, 2014. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lsn15
โBy my analysis of tax returns, published in The Financial Post, nearly every environmental and First Nations group that opposes pipelines and oil tankers is funded as part of the Tar Sands Campaign, an international effort started by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the San Francisco-based, Tides Foundation, in 2008.
[โฆ] To be clear, I do not suggest that Mayor Robertson or Tides is backed by U.S. oil companies. I have seen no evidence of commercial interests. What I do see if that it serves the broad economic interests of the United States to continue the U.S. monopoly on Canadian oil exports, restricting Canada’s access to global markets where Canada and the U.S. are soon to be competitors.โ58Vivian Krause, โA Vote For Vision Vancouver Is A Vote For U.S. Interests,โ HuffPost, November 13, 2014. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lsn15
June 2012
Speaking with Metro Vancouver, Krause said:59Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
โI’m all for foreign aid, but Canada should be giving foreign aid, not getting it, and that’s what bothers me. In Canada, we should be funding our own environmental movement. It’s too easy for our environmental movement to be depending on American foundations.โ60Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
June 6, 2012
In her testimony before the Senate’s national finance committee, Krause alleged that foreign U.S. Foundations were using Canadian environmental groups to further an agenda:61โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
โThe campaign against Alberta oil is being funded as part of a massive campaign to foster the renewable energy industry in the United States,โ Krause told senators. โI can see how a campaign to prop up Alaskan fisheries and a campaign to bolster American energy security provides a tangible benefit to the American people, but I do not see how it benefits Canada,โ she said.62โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
January 10, 2012
In an interview on the Bill Good Show, Krause emphasized that she was a โsingle motherโ who had lived on a โshoestringโ budget and had sold her home in order to finance her work:63โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
โIt has been extremely difficult, frankly. I lived on a shoestring until I couldn’t do it anymore, I borrowed money from my family, even friends. Finally, I sold my house [โฆ] I had been living from my savings. I wish this had fallen in someone else’s lap, but I couldn’t look away.โ64โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
July, 2011
According to presentation documents for an event titled โThe ‘Demarketing’ of Canada’s Friendly Oil by American Charitable Foundations,โ where Krause was paid to speak by the Atlas Economic Research Foundation:65โThe ‘Demarketing’ of Canada’s Friendly Oil by American Charitable Foundationsโ (PDF). Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
โThe demarketing of Canadian oil appears to be funded as a small part of a large, well-financed marketing campaign to sway market share and investment capital towards so-called ‘clean energy.’โ66โThe ‘Demarketing’ of Canada’s Friendly Oil by American Charitable Foundationsโ (PDF). Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
December 7, 2010
In her testimony before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Krause advocated tar sands use:67โEvidence,โ Standing Committee on Natural Resources, December 7, 2010. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8Axq4
โThe development of Alberta oil is a billion dollar opportunity, and I hope that we will make the most of that opportunity,โ she said.68โEvidence,โ Standing Committee on Natural Resources, December 7, 2010. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8Axq4
Key Actions
May 21, 2021
Global News reported Vivian Krause said that โshe has never accused U.S. charitable foundations of trying to landlock Canadian oil to specifically benefit American competitors.โ69โโNo evidenceโ: Researcher behind โanti-Albertaโ inquiry backs off assertion,โ Global News, May 21, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bPmZo
โIn a series of social media posts this week, Krause says she has no evidence of such collusion.70โโNo evidenceโ: Researcher behind โanti-Albertaโ inquiry backs off assertion,โ Global News, May 21, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bPmZo
She says her concern is that anti-oilsands campaigns may have unintentionally allowed U.S oil production to increase and didnโt benefit the environment.โ71โโNo evidenceโ: Researcher behind โanti-Albertaโ inquiry backs off assertion,โ Global News, May 21, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bPmZo
Krause responded on Twitter, writing:
โGood morning ๐
Yesterday, more than 20 news outlets ran a @CanadianPress story which incorrectly reported that I have โbacked off my assertionsโ which form part of the basis for the Alberta Inquiry.
Thatโs ENTIRELY FALSE.โ
Some of Krauseโs Twitter posts in response below:
February 27, 2020
Appearing on The Sim Sara Show Global News, Krause spoke with Vancouver Province columnist Mike Smyth, filling in for Simi, and Peter McCartney from the Wilderness Committee. In an interchange, Krause said foreign funding wasn’t really the problem (view a transcript .docx):72โVivian Krause vs. Peter McCartney,โ The Simi Sara Show via Omny.fm, February 27, 2020. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โAnd let me be clear, as someone who worked in the slums of Guatemala for six years raising foreign funding, I have no problem with it. That’s not the problem. The problem is that these campaigns are not helping the environment. What they’re doing is hurting our economy and not helping. That’s the problem. And that’s why this activism is wrong, no matter who funds it.โ
Responding to a comment from McCartney on Krause’s oil and gas industry funding, Krause responded (emphasis added):
Peter McCartney 9:35
โOf course, but there’s American money flowing in through our country in every different way. You know, Vivian Krauss is a, you know, foreign funded by 33% of the oil and gas industryโVivian Krause 9:46
โI am not funded by anybody. This is just ridiculous.โPeter McCartney 9:46
โWhich pays the speaking fees at her engagements, is stumping for a foreign investment from the foreign owned companies PETRONAS, the Chinese state oil company and the Korean state oil companies, in a foreign owned newspaper, the Post Media. And so this is, of course, environmental groups are getting this fundingโVivian Krause 10:05
โNoโPeter McCartney 10:07
โEvery single other industry in Canada does. And the truth is they’re getting only $40 million out of $5 billion that has been spent on the climate movement in the past few years. โMike Smyth 10:16
โVivian, what do you say to that?โVivian Krause 10:18
โLook, the oil industry hasn’t supported me. They ignored me. They ignored me for nine years.โPeter McCartney 10:24
โThey pay you $10,000 at your speaking engagementsโVivian Krause 10:27
โYeah. And I’ve done a quite a few of those. But over seven years. Actually, I’ve earned more than $200,000, which is a lot of money, except I did that over seven years. Okay, that’s what I’ve lived off of. So no, the oil industry never has supported me. It’s too bad. They didn’t pay attention years ago, or our country wouldn’t be in the mess that we’re in. But for years and years, this was ignored. It wasn’t taken seriously. And that was what I was trying to say with guys. It’s not just a bunch of ankle biter activists. There’s big billion dollar foundations behind this, very well connected.โ
November 6, 2019
Krause delivered a keynote address titled โBeyond the Election with New Research,โ at a 30th anniversary event convened by the Canadian Heavy Oil Association.73โTHIS WEDNESDAY! November 6th! CHOA โ 30 Year Celebration & Awards Reception โ With Keynote Speaker Vivian Krause: Where Do We Go From Here? Sponsorships & Tickets Still Available,โ EnergyNow Media, November 3, 2019. Archived November 11, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qH0gm
Sponsorship levels for the event ranged from $1500 to a $15,000 sponsorship which included a dinner and reception with Vivian Krause.74โTHIS WEDNESDAY! November 6th! CHOA โ 30 Year Celebration & Awards Reception โ With Keynote Speaker Vivian Krause: Where Do We Go From Here? Sponsorships & Tickets Still Available,โ EnergyNow Media, November 3, 2019. Archived November 11, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qH0gm
The Canadian Heavy Oil Association describes itself as a not-for-profit association with members that โrepresent all aspects of the heavy oil business, including exploration, development, production, upgrading, transportation and marketing of heavy oil and oil sands.โ75โAbout CHOA,โ Canadian Heavy Oil Association. Archived November 19, 2019.
November 4, 2019
Krause appeared at the National Coalition of Chiefs Energy and Natural Resources Summit in Calgary, which claimed to have the support of more than 70 indigenous leaders.76โNatural resources summit to bring chiefs, oil and gas proponents together,โ Windspeaker.com, October 30, 2019. Archived November 4, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/B4rIj
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney gave the keynote address on the summitโs opening day. He reiterated Krauseโs conspiracy theories that environmental groups are engaged in โdisinformationโ and โdefamationโ in an effort to โlandlockโ Alberta oil.77Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenneyโs foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/FVX9L
Keynotes also included presentations from Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, a presentation from Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) President Tim McMillan, and Charlene Johnson, CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Oil and Gas Industry Association.78โNational Coalition of Chiefs Energy and Natural Resource Summit AGENDAโ (PDF), Retrieved from Coalition of Chiefs website, November 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
October 24, 2019
Krause was dropped as a keynote speaker from a professional development conference after complaints from members of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), the host organization.79Jody Macpherson. โUPDATE: We ALMOST gave a conspiracy theorist a platform,โ Jody Macpherson, October 25, 2019. Archived October 28, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.md/BfF9X
Scheduled to attend the October 27 conference in Banff, Canada, Krause was apparently removed from the program after an IABC member questioned whether Krauseโs political and scientific opinions met the associationโs stated criteria of โbest practices or ideas.โ80Jody Macpherson. โUPDATE: We ALMOST gave a conspiracy theorist a platform,โ Jody Macpherson, October 25, 2019. Archived October 28, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.md/BfF9X
June 17, 2019
Vivian Krause was, according to Rebel News reporter Keean Bexte who attempted to interview her, set to be a keynote speaker at the pro-fossil-fuel United We Roll rally in Vancouver.81โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
The Conservative news outlet described her as โhostileโ and โjuvenileโ when she preemptively refused an interview:82โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โI don’t want you to cover me,โ Krause said to the interviewer. โIf you’re covering this rally, I’m leaving right nowโ she said. โI don’t do any media with The Rebel.โ
When the reporter asked for an apology, Krause refused:83โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โNo, I’m not going to apologize because I have a principle that I don’t do media with The Rebel because some of the positions you’ve taken.โ
Bexte replied that Krause’s response would make it unlikely that Rebel News viewers would donate to her fundraising campaign for her documentary film.84โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โI’m going to be surprised if a single Rebel supporter actually donates to you now, and if they have already they’re going to be taking their money back because of the way you just treated meโ Bexte said, estimating it was already in โthe five figure range that they’ve given you.โ
October 3, 2019
Canada’s National Observer reported on the โforeign funding conspiracy theoryโ adopted by Premier Jason Kenney’s government in Alberta, and at the core Vivian Krause’s research. While the article does not mention Krause by name, Sandy Garossino describes it as a โlone researcherโs crusade.โ85Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
In the article, Garossino did an in-depth review of data to โassess the conspiracy theory’s veracityโ over a period of nine months. After surveying tens of thousands of grants suing data, she found evidence that โEvery core tenet of Kenney’s conspiracy theory is false.โ86Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
She wrote that claims against charitable organizations were โbased entirely on circumstantial evidence.โ87Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
โThat’s a serious claim that has inflamed public opinion, and damaged reputations and community trust within Canada. It should not be made lightly or on thin evidence, and should be treated with special skepticism when advanced by government leaders,โ Garossino wrote.88Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
She broke out here research into nine key myths, which she reported to be false (see the article for the full analysis):89Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
Myth 1: Powerful American foundations have subjected Alberta to a targeted campaign of economic sabotage, turning the province into a ‘whipping boy.’
Garrossino found โAll Canadian climate grants combined garner just one per cent of all foundations’ climate grants around the world. [โฆ] Considering that Canada is the world’s fourth-largest producer and exporter of crude oil, and holds 10 per cent of the world’s known oil reserves, almost all of which are in the Alberta oilsands, it’s actually quite remarkable how little international climate funding we attract.โ
Myth 2: Environmental funders give a free pass to U.S. oil and gas projects, allowing American production to soar while Alberta stalls.
โDespite dedicated, disruptive and hotly contested environmental campaigns in each country, output in both Canadian and American oil sectors grew dramatically more than anywhere else in the world over the last decade,โ Garrosino wrote.
โAnd it’s false that environmentalists have given a pass to the American fossil fuel industry. There’s a multi-front battle royale going on across the U.S., involving many of the same or similar players as in Canada.
โFor example, using the identical narrative to Jason Kenney, ExxonMobil is claiming it’s the victim of a Rockefeller-hatched conspiracy, while being locked in a fierce legal melee with authorities in New York and Massachusetts.โ
โIf the Rockefeller family is attacking Exxon and the American fossil fuel industry, and they are, how can they be working to help American oil interests while exclusively targeting Alberta?โ
Myth 3: Pipeline opposition grants dominate foreign funding in Canada.
โAccording to Candid’s data, international foundations, almost all American, have granted roughly $2 billion to Canadian non-profits and institutions over the last 10 years. Only $40 million, or about two per cent, has gone to pipeline opposition.
The great majority of international grants, almost 80 per cent, support scientific research, health, education, Canadian international aid programs and other civil society objectives.โ
Myth 4: U.S.-based foundations, led by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, have made Alberta a central focus of their strategy.
โOver the last decade, the Tar Sands Campaign got a whopping 0.3 per cent its major funders’ total grants budget. That number barely counts as a rounding error.
โAnd it’s falling.โ
Myth 5: The Tar Sands Campaign is directed out of San Francisco by an organization called CorpEthics International, and its principal, Michael Marx.
โItโs been repeatedly claimed that CorpEthics, a registered U.S. charity run by Michael Marx, has directed the Tar Sands Campaign from San Francisco for the last decade, even influencing the 2015 Alberta and Canadian elections.
โIn fact, CorpEthics is not a large organization secretly manipulating Canadians; itโs the website of a home-based consulting business.
โCandid’s data and publicly available tax returns reveal that it has no employees, no associates and no office. CorpEthics has been inactive as a charitable enterprise for several years, and has had nothing to do with the Canadian Tar Sands Campaign since 2011.โ
Myth 6: Tides is the ‘funding and co-ordination juggernaut’ behind anti-pipeline activism.
โTides has not donated a dime of its own money to the Tar Sands Campaign.
โThis is confirmed by Berman, who possesses all campaign financial data. Nor, according to Berman, does Tides co-ordinate, control or have any role directing the campaign.
โTidesโs alleged role in pipeline opposition funding is literally the stuff of myth. Tides is a perfect example of statistical noise. Here’s why.
โIn reality, Tides is not a conventional granting foundation, but acts largely as a donor-advised-fund manager, administering and processing funds of other charitable foundations. It’s true function relative to the Tar Sands Campaign is effectively that of a bank, where it facilitates fund transfers on behalf of other foundations. Essentially, it’s a conduit.โ
Myth 7: Land and marine conservation grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation are a hidden part of anti-pipeline efforts.
โIn unpacking this wholly uncorroborated speculation, it’s important to know that the Moore Foundation is not viewed as political or partisan, did not participate in the Tar Sands Campaign, and indeed partnered with the Harper government in the creation of the Great Bear Rainforest.
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Including its Amazon initiative, since inception the Moore Foundation has granted over $2 billion dollars on highly localized environmental conservation.
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Because many of the First Nations and environmental groups funded through the Moore Foundation also opposed the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, on the strength of this correlation alone, it’s now claimed that the true purpose of Moore’s grants was not environmental protection but protection of the American trade monopoly on Canadian oil. [โฆ] One of the most disgraceful episodes of Canada’s recent political history is the casual and baseless besmirching of stellar reputations like the Moore Foundation’s in pursuit of tortuous and convoluted conjecture by a single researcher, now elevated to official government policy.โ
Myth 8: Foreign money made all the difference.
โIt’s not foreign foundation money the Alberta oil and gas sector has run into, it’s the power of public opinion and the strength of Indigenous and B.C. environmental expertise and culture. Their leaders and activists are seasoned veterans who’ve been honing their skills for decades.โ
Myth 9: The Canadian oil sector is a victim, out-funded by large foreign foundations.
โCanada’s oil and gas sector is not being bullied and victimized by huge American foundations.
โFor one thing, it’s not that Canadian. According to the federal government, the oil and gas sector has among the highest foreign control of Canadian assets in the country, at 43 per cent. And while that stake has declined with the departure of major players in recent years, it was valued at $180 billion in 2017 and still pays billions in dividends a year to foreign owners and institutional investors.
โOver the last decade, ExxonMobil shareholders earned more than $16 billion in dividends from holdings in Imperial Oil, while the Alberta public was being whipped up by alarming rhetoric that the Tar Sands Campaign had raised some $40 million outside the country.โ
August 2019
The Star Calgary reported that Vivian Krause’s theories around the oilsands were recently being championed by Jason Kenney. The Star highlighted a recent talk by Krause to Calgary Chamber of Commerce members, where she continued to promote the idea of U.S. organizations backing an anti-Tar Sands Campaign:90โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
โIf I just tell you this, it just sounds like a conspiracy theory, right?โ she tells the audience at one point. โThatโs why Iโm showing you the actual documents.โ91โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
However, The Star contacted several experts and environmental organizations who disagreed with Krause’s claims.92โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
โExperts and environmental organizations reached by Star Calgary say Krauseโs conclusions not only ignore the international nature of environmental philanthropy, but leave out the fact that Canadian environmental organizations receive most of their money from Canadians,โ The Star reported. โWhen asked why her work appeared to blame environmentalists for pipeline delays when judges and regulators are the main cause, she responded that regulators and judges simply donโt understand the extent of the Tar Sands Campaign, but that they will โ thanks to her work.โ93โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
โSpokespeople for the Rockefeller Brothersโ Fund and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation said they did contribute to Canadian organizations, but arenโt working to suppress Canadaโs oil and gas industry. Lee Bodner, president of the New Venture Fund, said in a statement that they focus on a variety of energy issues in Canada, but insisted their grants support work ‘led and directed by Canadians.’ Tides Canada said only one per cent of its funding has gone toward pipeline and oilsands initiatives. In a statement, the group said the remainder of its funding went to Canadian community-led initiatives that โfurther our vision of a healthy environment, just society and economic prosperity for all Canadians.โ94โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
In an interview with The Star, Krause admitted that her speeches about the campaign over the past seven years have earned her roughly $200,000.95โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
As both The Star and Krause herself noted, her views were being noticed and echoed by Jason Kenney.96โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
โI think the fact you have a candidate for provincial politics talking about it has obviously raised the attention of the media,โ Krause told Star Calgary. โAs a result of that, Iโve done a lot of speaking events.โ97โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
Mount Royal University political science professor Keith Brownsey said that Krause’s profile had risen with Kenney’s endorsement of her conclusions:98โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
โItโs given her legitimacy she would otherwise lack,โ he said.99โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
During her interview, Krause also said she had made a prior recommendation to the NDP governent in July to take legal action against the Rockefeller Brothersโ Fund.100โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
โNo one wanted to actually deal with the Rockefellers,โ Krause told Star Calgary. โThis is what itโs all about โ the Rockefellers.โ101โThis B.C. researcherโs oilsands theories are being championed by Jason Kenney. Just one problem โ experts say theyโre not true,โ The Star, August 24, 2019. Archived August 26, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/hahR8
July 2019
Krause headlined a Calgary Chamber of Commerce event on July 3rd with a speech titled โOver a Barrel: Rethinking the activism against Canadian oil and gas.โ The Chamber announced Krauseโs presentation with the following description:102J.J. McCullough. โCanadaโs conservatives must stop defending Big Oil with conspiracy theories,โ Washington Post, July 22, 2019. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/gwWV8 103โA Conversation with Vivian Krause,โ CalgaryChamber.com, July 3, 2019. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/u4heP
โVivian will provide detailed research on the sources of funding behind anti-canadiana energy activism, the motivations of the funders and the influence of this activism in elections and politics at the municipal, provincial and federal level.โ104โA Conversation with Vivian Krause,โ CalgaryChamber.com, July 3, 2019. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/u4heP
Krause was credited for bringing โsignificant attention to how the Canadian energy industry is the target of a multi-million dollar campaign that explicitly aims to land-lock Canadian oil and gas.โ105โA Conversation with Vivian Krause,โ CalgaryChamber.com, July 3, 2019. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/u4heP
The event was sponsored by Enbridge and Canadaโs Oil & Natural Gas Producers.106โA Conversation with Vivian Krause,โ CalgaryChamber.com, July 3, 2019. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/u4heP
The following day, it was reported that Alberta Premier Jason Kenney would be launching a $2.5 million investigation into the alleged conspiracy to โdefame and land lock Canadian energy.โ107Kelsey Dyer. โ‘It stops now’: Kenney targets foreign funding of anti-Alberta energy campaigns,โ CTV News Edmonton, July 4, 2019. Archived July 25, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/4RE4G
June 7, 2019
Krause stood behind premier Jason Kenney as he announced a โwar roomโ to counter what he described as lies spread by opponents of the oil and gas industry in Alberta. The war room would have a budget of $30 million. โThe deliverable is to expand public support for Canada’s vital energy industry,โ said Kenney.108Anis Heydari. โJason Kenney touts M ‘war room’ but provides few details,โ CBC News, Jun 7, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/qaduJ
CBC reported that stakeholders sharing the stage with Kenney, in addition to Krause, was Tim McMillan, president and CEO of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Premier Kenney often referred to environmentalists as โforeign-funded radicals.โ He also spoke against Bill C-48, a federal bill to ban oil tanker traffic in northern B.C.109Anis Heydari. โJason Kenney touts M ‘war room’ but provides few details,โ CBC News, Jun 7, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/qaduJ
Greenpeace Canada commented: โJason Kenney can spend $30 million on political theater to try to distract us,โ wrote the environmental group. โShooting the messenger might make for great election campaign rhetoric, but ignoring inconvenient truths does nothing to prepare Alberta for the coming transition off of fossil fuels.โ110Anis Heydari. โJason Kenney touts M ‘war room’ but provides few details,โ CBC News, Jun 7, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/qaduJ
June 14, 2019
Vivian Krause appeared on an episode of The Lynda Steele Show, debating Stand.Together director Tzeporah Berman, on โWho is really funding the fight for and against big oil.โ In the last few minutes, Krause reveals that her primary expenses are being covered by the pro-fossil-fuel group Canada Action and that group’s leader, Cody Battershill:111โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โAnd I’m doing this pro bono. [โฆ] We spent about less than $5,000 this week and that money, about five grand came from Canada action, Cody Battershill. He’s a realtor in Calgary and [โฆ] he gave that money to a small group called The North Matters.โ
In her initial three minutes outlining her views, Krause claimed that pipelines โused to be out of sight and out of mind and pipeline projects were approved and no one even knew where the pipelines were,โ however:112โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โThe reason that pipelines are an issue now is because they were made into an issue. They were made into an issue by a campaign and it has a name, it’s called the tar sands campaign. And Tzeporah has been involved with it, uh, for my guess is about 10 years now.โ113โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
Krause laments the multiple pipeline projects that have not been pushed through in recent years:114โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โSo as I see it, you know, we’ve had several multibillion dollar projects canceled: Northern gateway, an $8 billion project; Energy East, almost a $16 billion project; the Petronas LNG project, potentially 36 billion; Trans Mountain, and other 7 billion. Lots of, you know, billions of dollars in costs were incurred in getting all those projects started and then they died on the vine. And they have had a devastating impact on investor confidence in our country. And thousands in fact, you know, according to some estimates in Alberta, more than a hundred thousand jobs have been lost.โ
In response to concerns about recent forest fires in Alberta, which some scientists have attributed to climate change, Krause claims there is โzero environmental benefitโ to not having pipelines built:
โA lot of people, including many scientists, are concerned that this is being exacerbated by the fact that we’re burning too much fossil fuels. Now, our neighbors to the south, so the Americans, they produce already about three times as much oil as we do and they have more than doubled their oil production in the last couple of years. Now they’re exporting oil to more than 20 countries. So their reaction to this, uh, you know that [โฆ]
Okay. I was just gonna say that and there’s an oil boom in the United States, but here in Canada we can’t get a pipeline built. And I think we need to look at the true environmental cost of this and seeing that there’s zero environmental benefit to where we’re at. We haven’t kept a single barrel of oil in the ground. It’s time to take stock of what’s happening and rethink this campaign.โ115โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
Tzeporah responded to Vivian’s comments:
I agree with Vivian that the fact is we didn’t see in the past, say a decade ago, a lot of pipeline campaigns. But what I disagree with is that Canada is just being targeted because I work with groups all over the world, and there is rising concern about oil and gas expansion all over the world. And in fact, there are pipeline campaigns all over the world. Many people have seen the news that Norway just announced that they’re no longer going to drill off the Lofoten islands because of concerns about climate change. So we’re in a situation now where some of the world’s largest financial institutions in the world have said that they will no longer fund the expansion of oil and gas, where our oil from Alberta is high cost and it’s high carbon, and it struggling to compete.116โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
She notes that, rather than a targeted campaign by environmental groups, there are other factors reducing investment in fossil fuel production:
โSo we have now nine countries around the world that are saying they’re going to ban the fossil fuel car, including here in British Columbia. We have huge changes in technology and electrification and the lowering of the price for renewable energy.
Add that onto the fact that our oil is highest cost. And that’s why you see a flight from the oil sands, Total, Shell. Um, many other companies, Stat Oil have left the oil sands. So there’s this idea that Vivian’s promoting that somehow it’s our fault environmental groups and indigenous nations who are campaigning against the expansion of oil and gas. We’re doing that because of the rise in the fires and floods and because we think we need to prepare in Canada. So we talk about the money that is used for environmental campaigns and indigenous groups, trying to raise these risks and awareness and call for different policies in Canada. But let’s talk about where the money comes from to fund oil and gas. The majority of the funders are not from Canada. These companies are making massive profits. They’re producing more and more and they’re automating at all levels.โ117โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
Tzeporah also notes to Vivian that the foreign funds going to environmental groupsโthe key element to Krause’s storylineโoften have nothing to do with oil and gas development:118โThe great oil debate. Who is funding the fight for and against big oil in Canada?โ The Lynda Steele Show, June 14, 2019. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
โWhen you look at everything on your website, you’re saying this money has come from philanthropic foundations to environmental groups. But what you don’t understand, because I think you haven’t done those pieces of research, is that a lot of that money is not coming to do with anything for oil and gas,โ Tzeporah said.
โSo I’ve looked at your website and many of the donations that you claim are going to this huge oil and gas campaign that you talk about are actually going to, clean up streams, to salmon restoration habitat to many other issues.โ
June 3, 2019
Krause launched a GoFundMe campaign to finance a documentary film titled โFair Questions.โ The film was described as an effort to unravel a conspiracy theory involving members of the Rockefeller family colluding with environmentalists for the purpose of obstructing Canadian pipeline development:119โVivian Krausโs Crowdfunded Film About โForeign-Fundedโ Environmentalists Allows Anonymous and Foreign Donations,โ PressProgress, July 15, 2019. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/o83P6
โFor more than a decade,โ the campaignโs backgrounder claims, โthere has been a multi-million dollar campaign to stop the construction of pipelines needed for exporting Canadian oil to overseas markets. This campaign has cost Canada dearly. Frustration over delays in pipeline construction is fuelling western separatism and threatening to tear Canada apart. This documentary will expose evidence from tax returns showing payments for tens of millions of dollars for anti-pipeline activism.โ120โVivian Krausโs Crowdfunded Film About โForeign-Fundedโ Environmentalists Allows Anonymous and Foreign Donations,โ PressProgress, July 15, 2019. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/o83P6
Krause has been a frequent critic of foreign donations to Canadian environmental activist groups in the past, but PressProgress revealed that nearly $39,000 of Krauseโs crowdfunding goal of $160,000 was raised from anonymous sources, including foreign donors. In addition, five executives of some of Albertaโs largest oil and gas companies contributed $19,000 to the campaign.121โVivian Krausโs Crowdfunded Film About โForeign-Fundedโ Environmentalists Allows Anonymous and Foreign Donations,โ PressProgress, July 15, 2019. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/o83P6
May 2019
EnergiMedia did a โdeep diveโ debunking of Vivian Krause’s โtar sands campaign conspiracy narrative,โ noting that her talking points have recently been repeated by UCP party leader and now Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney.122Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
In a recent speech, Kenney had claimed โ[W]e have been targeted by a foreign funded campaign of special interests seeking to landlock Canadian energy.โ123Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
โAnd now I have a message to those foreign funded special interests who have been leading a campaign of economic sabotage against this great province,โ he said. โTo the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Tides Foundation, Lead Now, the David Suzuki Foundation and all of the others: Your days of pushing around Albertans with impunity just ended,โ Kenney added.124Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
EnergyMedia commented that โVivan Krause could have written his speech.โ125Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
โKrause is a [nutritionist] and former [constituency] office worker for a Conservative MP, not an academic researcher or journalist, even though Kenney has incorrectly called her a reporter. Given her lack of credentials, did Kenney or the United Conservative Party vet or validate her decade of research before embracing it? A request to the Premierโs office for comment was not answered,โ Markham Hislop wrote at EnergiMedia.
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has also repeated Krause’s talking points in speeches by its CEO Tim McMillan and in some of its outreach campaigns.126Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
โIt seems neither Kenney nor CAPP bothered to check the validity of her work,โ Hislop noted, going on to outline six reasons why โKrauseโs conspiracy narrative is deeply flawedโ:127Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
- โAmerican foundations like Tides are not the drivers of the Tar Sands Campaign.โ
- โKrause leaves the impression that the US funding was quite large, when the opposite is true.โ
- โCampaign leadership was provided by Canadians, particularly First Nations, who are almost absent from her narrative.โ
- โShe minimizes the impact of funding from Canadian foundations, governments, corporations, and individual donors, which appears to be far and away the biggest source of money for anti-pipeline ENGOs.โ
- โMany of her conclusions are simply not supported by her data.โ
- โSix, the Tar Sands Campaign essentially collapsed after Rachel Notleyโs government introduced the Alberta Climate Leadership in late 2015, but Krause conveniently ignores this fact, perhaps because she doesnโt know or maybe because making that information public might affect bookings for the speaking engagements that generate the bulk of her income.โ
April 2019
The Star Calgary reported that United Conservative Party (UCP) leader Jason Kenney’s promises to โtake legal action against that alleged dark money campaignโ supposedly stalling Canadian pipeline approvals was based on Vivian Krause’s research.128Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
Michael Marx, executive director of CorpEthics and also previously the grant adviser for the Tar Sands Campaign from 2008 to 2011 said the idea that the campaign was used to help U.S. oil and gas is โridiculous.โ129Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
โThe campaign did not start in the U.S. or at the request of U.S. foundations,โ said Marx in an email to The Star. โRather it started in Canada well before our engagement and the U.S. foundations responded to Canadian groupsโ requests for support to address the climate threat.โ130Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
David Tindall, a sociology professor at the University of British Columbia who researches environmental movements, also disagreed with Krause’s claims that foreign money is influencing pipelines in Canada:131Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
โThe way that some people have been framing this is a little bit incorrect, from my point of view,โ he said.132Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
He added that there is American money on both sides of the pipeline battle:133Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
โSome of the big billionaire oil tycoons in the U.S. have been very involved in this and fund think tanks, including in Canada, that push back against the environmental movement,โ he said.
โThere have been a lot of mass demonstrations and mass protests with many thousands of people,โ he added. โItโs kind of difficult for me to imagine that those people are really just actors that are getting paid by some foreign entity.โ134Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
Krause, on the other hand, claims โWere it not for The Tar Sands Campaign, we wouldnโt even be talking about pipelines. They were out of sight and out of mind until the Tar Sands Campaign began with the explicit purpose of cultivating opposition, especially โIndigenous opposition.โโ135Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
Markham Hislop, a journalist reporting on the energy sector, said there are other explanations for the slow pipeline approval process in Canada and โWeโre getting all bogged down in โฆ conspiracy theories.โ136Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
According to Hislop, the idea of foreign money influencing the pipeline debate has been โweaponizedโ during the recent election in Alberta.137Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
In a statement, the UCP described Krause’s work as โinvaluable.โ138Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
April 11, 2019
Krause was invited to speak at the NWT Chamber of Commerce’s Annual President’s Dinner, Cabin Radio reported.139Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
โKrause is funded by big oil,โ wrote former Weledeh MLA Bob Bromley. โThe reason she is hired to speak and ‘research’ this subject is that big oil is waking up to the fact that some jurisdictions โฆ are acting on the science and the recognized need to keep fossil fuels in the ground,โ he continued. โThis is scaring them.โ The reason she is hired to speak and ‘research’ this subject is that big oil is waking up to the fact that some jurisdictions โฆ are acting on the science and the recognized need to keep fossil fuels in the ground,โ continued Bromley. โThis is scaring them.โ140Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
Lois Little, a representative for the environmental group Council of Canadians in the NWT, described Krause as a โโknown cheerleader of big oil โฆ at a time when our world is heating up three times faster than the rest of the planet.โ141Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
โIs this an April Fool’s joke?โ Little aske when contacted by Cabin Radio. โWhy would the chamber bring such a divisive person to a territory where groups and individuals work so hard to collaborate with others, even those they don’t always agree with?โ142Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
Renรฉe Comeau, executive director for the NWT Chamber of Commerce, said they invited Krause to discuss โwhatโs happening regarding the funding of third parties interfering in our industrial economy in the NWT.โ When asked to clarify, Comeau suggested influences on the creation of a new national park:143Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
โThere is a significant amount of funding that has gone towards the new national park. The stakeholder meetings were held in Vancouver and no minutes were provided,โ Comeau alleged.144Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
โAs a whole, when it comes to the NWT, we are not being given a proper say as to what is happening to our economy and our land,โ said Comeau. โTo quote the term Premier McLeod recently used, it has now come down to eco-colonialism.โ145Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
Comeau claimed that, by inviting Krause, they hoped for โboth sides are being heard.โ146Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
โThere are several examples of industry being the leaders, they are the ones asking for the changes as well,โ she said.147Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
June 19, 2018
Krause was scheduled to speak at a Calgary event hosted by Cody Battershill/Canada Action on June 20, 2018 in Calgary, AB. The event was titled โWhoโs funding pipeline protests in Canada?โ where Krause would discuss โU.S.-Funded Environmental & Election Activism in Canadaโ.148โWho’s funding pipeline protests in Canada?โ Canada Action, June 15, 2018. Archived June 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/PYoXi
The day before her event, Krause appeared alongside Battershill, founder of โCanada Actionโ on Global News Radio with host Danielle Smith:149โVivian Krause and LCody Batershill,โ Clobal News 770 CHQR radio. Retrieved from omny.fm. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
Speaking on anti-pipeline activism, Battershill said โa lot of this activism has been misleading people. [โฆ] I think that if you are opposing pipelines, you are actually putting the environment at further risk or increased risk because pipelines are the safest way to transport oil.โ
โWith regards to the Kinder Morgan pipeline, in particular [โฆ] I think it is increasingly clear to people that there’s something fishy about the campaign against this particular pipeline,โ Krause said.
[โฆ] I think the most important thing people still need to know, and generally aren’t aware of, is that this as far as I can tell about the U.S. monopoly on our oil. [โฆ]โ
March 14, 2018
Krause was confirmed as a keynote speaker at an upcoming pro-LNG (liquified natural gas) rally in Fort St. John. In March, Krause had also attended a similar rally supporting Canada’s oil industry in downtown Vancouver on March 10, 2018.150Chris Newton. โVIVIAN KRAUSE TO SPEAK AT FSJ FOR LNG RALLY IN APRIL,โ EnergyCity, March 14, 2018. Archived March 17, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/D0GB8
February 7 – 8, 2018
Krause was confirmed as a Keynote Speaker at ConvergX โGlobal Defence and Energy Conferenceโ in Calgary, Alberta.151โKeynote Speakers 2018,โ ConvergX. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7y1lf
The conference description notes that the goal of โThe First Global Defence and Energy Conferenceโ is โto create investment and growth opportunities between the Energy, Aerospace, Defence & Security Sectorsโ:152โEVENT OVERVIEW,โ ConvergX. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xkPye
โWith multi-billion dollar contracts worth of programs on the horizon for vehicles, aircraft, technology, and ships, the Defence industry is actively seeking partnerships and expansion. Hosted by WฤVv, whose focus is in bridging the pre-commercialization gap to accelerate exportable Canadian Content Value, ConvergXยฎ provides a unique business opportunity to partner with capable industry leaders in delivering immediate solutions.โ153โEVENT OVERVIEW,โ ConvergX. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xkPye
November 14, 2017
Krause is a speaker at an event hosted by the Calgary section of SPE International, with her presentation titled โCulture War Against Oil & Gas.โ The event description said that โVivian will be presenting her findings of how foreign money from wealthy interest groups is influencing Canadians for the benefit of other industries.โ Krause’s speech is nestled among other โUpcoming Eventsโ with more technical titles like the โProduction Optimization of Multi-Fractured Horizontal Wellsโ or โSPE Thermal Well Integrity and Design Symposium.โ154โCulture War Against Oil & Gas,โ SPE Calgary Section. Archived November 7, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zEkqb 155โUPCOMING EVENTS,โ SPE Calgary Section. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/pgtZ6
The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) describes itself as โthe largest individual-member organization serving managers, engineers, scientists and other professionals worldwide in the upstream segment of the oil and gas industry.โ156โAbout SPE,โ Society of Petroleum Engineers. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UIzBD
According to her provided bio, โIn 2006 when researching who was funding the campaigns against salmon farming along B.Cโs coast she uncovered that the same foreign groups were funding campaigns to stop oil and gas extraction in Alberta.โ157โCulture War Against Oil & Gas,โ SPE Calgary Section. Archived November 7, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/zEkqb
SPE Calgary publicly lists sponsors on its website, primarily by oil, gas, and oil industry service companies, with sponsorship levels ranging from โPlatinumโ to โBronzeโ:158โCalgary Section Sponsors,โ SPE Calgary Section. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/eWAdH
โPlatinumโ Calgary Section Sponsors
- Energy Navigator
- Schlumberger
- Anderson Thompson
- Hexion
โGoldโ Young Professionals Sponsors
โBronzeโ Young Professionals Sponsors
- Essential Coil Well Service
- Scotiabank
- Core Lab
August 23 – 26, 2017
Krause spoke on a panel titled โSocial License and The Culture War On Oil & Gasโ as part of the Canadian Energy Executives Association (CEEA) conference at the Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta. Keynote speakers at the event included Rex Murphy, former Conservative MP Rona Ambrose, and Lori Ackerman.159โExciting New Details About Banff!โ (PDF), CEEA.
The CEEA newsletter covered Krause’s speech:160โThe Toque and Mailโ Issue 6, August 25, 2017. Retrieved from energyexecs.ca.
โIโm hoping by the end of my presentation,โ said Krause, โyouโll have a better understanding of that war, of that battle, and once we have a good understanding then we can start to address it.โ โActivism,โ she claimed, โis the elephant in the room. We wouldnโt even be having this conversation if it wasnโt for activism. That activism has become a form of economic protectionism.โ161โThe Toque and Mailโ Issue 6, August 25, 2017. Retrieved from energyexecs.ca.
According to CEEA, Krause explained the โTar Sands Campaignโ as having the intention of โ โland-locking the tar sands so the product wouldnโt be able to reach international markets where it could fetch a high price per barrel.โ162โThe Toque and Mailโ Issue 6, August 25, 2017. Retrieved from energyexecs.ca.
โActivism has gone from anti-pipeline protests to election activism,โ Krause concluded, โand the new battle ground is the ballot box.โ163โThe Toque and Mailโ Issue 6, August 25, 2017. Retrieved from energyexecs.ca.
May 11, 2017
Krause was a keynote speaker at a one-day workshop, โHydraulic Fracturing: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going,โ hosted by the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources (CSUR). According to the event description, Krause presented โNew Information about Activism to ‘Land-Lock’ Canadian Energy.โ164โHydraulic Fracturing – An Update,โ CSUR.com, May 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FbJns
November 1, 2016
Testified before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications, claiming The Tides Foundation and Tides Canada Foundation were involved in a tax scam. View video via CPAC.165โTestimony to the Senate Transport Committee, November 1, 2016,โ Fair Questions, January 2, 2017. Archived November 6, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9hcP 166โTransport and Communications โ November 1, 2016,โ CPAC Video. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
According to Krause, โthe big multimillion dollar funders behind anti-pipeline activism need to be dealt with. [โฆ] it is clear to me that anti-pipeline activism we see today is part of a large international campaign funded substantially by American charitable foundations.โ167โTransport and Communications โ November 1, 2016,โ CPAC Video. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
September 18, 2016
Krause was a speaker at the 37th Annual Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen (CAPL) Conference, delivering a Keynote/Luncheon presentation on โGetting to Overseas Markets: Insights for the Canadian Oil & Gas Industry from the Campaign Against It.โ168โ37th Annual CAPL Conference Agendaโ (PDF), Retrieved from caplconference.ca 169โSpeakers,โ CAPL2016. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/PvYHI
CAPL 2016 sponsors included:170โConference Sponsors,โ CAPL2016. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/2s7H1
- Gowling WLG
- Lawson Lundell LLP
- Statoil
- can-am geomatics
- Progress Land
- Sitka Exploration
- LandSolutions
- YES Energy Source
- P2 Energy Solutions
- Spur Resources Ltd.
- Dentons
- NuVista Energy LTD
- Roy Northern Land and Environmental
- Scott Land & Lease Ltd
- Prairie Sky Royalty LTD
- Sayer Energy Advisors
- AIM Land Services
- Prairie Storm Energy Corp
November 3, 2015
Krause was a keynote speaker at the โ2015 Industry Insights Forumโ of the Petroleum Services Association of Canada (PSAC). According to the PSAC website, โMs. Krause discussed her latest findings on the anti-Canadian oil campaignโs strategy leading up to the Paris Climate Conference, and what we need to do about it โ now.โ171โPast Events,โ PSAC. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4LSot
October 8, 2015
Vivian Krause was a guest speaker at a Mining Industry Finance Conference in Vancouver, BC.172โYour last chance to attend Vancouverโs best fall finance conference,โ Mining.com, September 18, 2015. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/f8rbz
According to Mining.com, the conference would be a โfull day of networking and idea sharingโ and include short talks from โ15 hand-picked junior mining and energy CEOsโ as well as โsome incredible CEOs from Calgaryโs oilpatchโ such as Philip O’Quigley of Falcon Oil and GAs, and Marty Cheyne of Boulder Energy. Representatives from โthe metals sideโ included NovaCopper and Tintina Resources.173โYour last chance to attend Vancouverโs best fall finance conference,โ Mining.com, September 18, 2015. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/f8rbz
According to an archive of the event website, it was organized by Erin Coffin of HRA Advisories, Keith Schaefer of The Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin, and Tommy Humphreys of CEO.ca, Resource Opportunities. Presenting companies included:174โOctober 8, 2015 in Vancouver: Meet vetted mining and energy CEOs and network among seasoned investors,โ Subscribersummit.com. Archived August 19, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3Cu3f
- Falcon Oil & Gas LTD.
- Select Sands Corp.
- Boulder Energy Ltd.
- Granite Oil Corp.
- NexGen Energy Ltd.
- Continental Gold
- Skeena Resources Limited
April 22, 2015
The National Observer reported on redacted entries from suspended Canadian Senator Mike Duffy’s diary, suggesting that the entries showed he had been in contact with Enbridge and the Prime Minister. While redacted, the black marks in the journal left some entries legible.175Mychaylo Prystupa and Sandy Garossino. โRedacted diary reveals oil’s hidden route to Harper,โ National Observer, April 22, 2015. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xH8Sk
โItโs the worst case of redacting that Iโve seen in a long time,โ reacted Renรฉ Leblanc, Deputy Commissioner of Lobbying on Monday, when shown the diary.โ176Mychaylo Prystupa and Sandy Garossino. โRedacted diary reveals oil’s hidden route to Harper,โ National Observer, April 22, 2015. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xH8Sk
According to National Observer, the entries between January and June 2012 were redacted, with the most frequent redactions related to Enbridge or environmental charities. A number of the journal entries detail his meetings with Vivian Krause:177Mychaylo Prystupa and Sandy Garossino. โRedacted diary reveals oil’s hidden route to Harper,โ National Observer, April 22, 2015. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/xH8Sk
View Mike Duffy’s full diary here.
September 2014
According to PDF materials, Krause was a speaker at the Annual Geophysical Seminar of the Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors.178โ1409โ (PDF), retrieved from CAGC.ca.
โIn Alberta we are holding our Annual Geophysical Seminar in Red Deer on Sept 17 and 18 โ a fully packed agenda including AER, ESRD, PMO and Aboriginal Affairs; Dave Yager presenting on the general state of the upstream oil and gas Industry in Canada; and our Keynote Speaker Vivian Krause on funding of the ENGOโs (see our blog for her work),โ the event materials read.179โ1409โ (PDF), retrieved from CAGC.ca.
November 29, 2013
Writing at Financial Post, Krause claimed to have uncovered evidence that a group of US foundations were behind a โa complex international effort to stymie the oil industry in Canada.โ180โVivian Krause: New U.S. funding for the war on Canadian oil,โ Financial Post, November 20, 2013. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/mRi3k
โThe recipients are clearly identified. From the Great Bear Rainforest Initiative and the First Nations at Fort Chipewayan to the groups pushing for the EU Fuel Quality Directive in Europe, virtually every organization that campaigns against the Alberta oil industry is funded by Tides USA,โ Krause wrote.181โVivian Krause: New U.S. funding for the war on Canadian oil,โ Financial Post, November 20, 2013. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/mRi3k
She said that the details came from โa series of covering letters for 70 payments sent by the San Francisco-based Tides Foundationโ that she โcame across [โฆ] using Google.โ182โVivian Krause: New U.S. funding for the war on Canadian oil,โ Financial Post, November 20, 2013. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/mRi3k
June 7, 2012
Metro Vancouver reported that a Board of Trade event where Vivian Krause spoke that week was sponsored by mining companies. While the Vancouver Board of Trade event was initially listed as โblind,โ meaning sponsorship information was not disclosed, after pressuring from media the sponsors Hunter Dickenson Inc. and Taseko came forward as the sponsors.183Kate Webb. โVivian Krause’s Board of Trade event sponsored by mining companies,โ Metro Vancouver, June 7, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x6alY 184โCalendar RECAP: ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS: Fair Questions about funding,โ The Vancouver Board of Trade, June 5, 2012. Archived Novembe 21, 2013. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yHCuG
According to Metro, while Krause admitted that there was nothing illegal about the American charities giving money to Canadian environmental groups, she would rather it be spent elsewhere:185Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
โI’m all for foreign aid, but Canada should be giving foreign aid, not getting it, and that’s what bothers me,โ Krause told Metro. โIn Canada, we should be funding our own environmental movement. It’s too easy for our environmental movement to be depending on American foundations.โ186Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
UBC professor Kathryn Harrison commented that Krause’s work is โselective to the point of being hypocriticalโ:
โI can imagine foreign money in Canadian politics being really problematic if that influence was outweighing the influence of Canadians with their own resources, but certainly in the case of the environmental movement, we’re so far from that,โ she said.
โThe amount of money coming from foreign sources to Canadian environmental groups seems really small compared to foreign investment in and ownership of key Canadian industries, the impact of foreign demand for our exports on the ways we’re developing our lands โฆ and the kinds of environmental risks, so it’s a very selective voicing of concerns about the impact of foreign funding on Canadian politics.โ187Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
June 6, 2012
HuffPost reported that, in her testimony before the Senate’s national finance committee, Krause alleged that foreign U.S. Foundations were using Canadian environmental groups to further an agenda: Krause alleged that a โcampaign against Alberta oil is being funded as part of a massive campaign to foster the renewable energy industry in the United States.โ188โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
The Huffington Post Canada spoke to Tides Canada vice president Sarah Goodman, who commented on what they described as โconspiracy theoryโ:189โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
โWe are a Canadian organization, run by Canadians, on behalf of Canadians and we are absolutely working on behalf of Canadians. We donโt respond to outside foreign agendas,โ Goodman said via phone. โI donโt believe that (foreign foundations have other interests at play). I think itโs a conspiracy theory and I think itโs a red herring,โ she said.190โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
According to HuffPost, during her testimony, โA teary-eyed Krause told committee members that she cared so deeply about bringing American funding of environmental groups to light that she had sold her house to continue her research. She insisted she was working on no one’s behalf but her own.โ191โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
View Krause’s full testimony at the Senate of Canada’s website.192โProceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance,โ Senate of Canada, June 6, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/q3lhw
February 9, 2012
Krause testified as an individual before the Natural Resources Committee regarding the future of oil and gas pipelines in Canada. In her testimony, Krause said that she is โnot part of an industry, political party, or a campaign.โ View the full testimony at the Parliament of Canada’s website.193โEvidence: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012,โ House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources, February 9, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mDQEr
In her testimony, Krause argued that opponents of pipeline projects have โsome deep-pocketed supporters south of the border.โ
โAs I see it, the campaign against Canadian energy is one side of a two-sided coin. The other side of the coin is the creation of the renewable energy industry,โ Krause said in her testimony. โOf course, the dichotomy between dirty and clean energy is a bit of a false dichotomy in the sense that the so-called clean energy industry also has some negative environmental impacts. Underneath this dichotomy is another dichotomy, which of course is between energy that has historically been largely or partially from foreign oil imports and an industry that has been created that is primarily domestic.
โThe campaign to shift from dirty to clean energy, as it appears to me, is also about reducing dependence on imported oil, and increasing energy independence. In fact, if you read the fine print, you will find that American foundations say this themselves in their strategy papers, that one of their interests is in increasing American energy security and American energy independence.โ194โEvidence: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012,โ House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources, February 9, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/mDQEr
January 10 โ 13, 2012
Krause was featured on two interviews on the Bill Good Show.195โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
When asked how she finances her work, Krause said:
โIt has been extremely difficult, frankly. I lived on a shoestring until I couldn’t do it anymore, I borrowed money from my family, even friends. Finally, I sold my house [โฆ] I had been living from my savings. I wish this had fallen in someone else’s lap, but I couldn’t look away.โ196โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
According to Krause, in the first interview โHe asks me the hard questions, who funds me, what motivates me, what I’m fighting for, etcโ:197โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
In the 2nd interview, he also interviews Rebecca Clogg, Executive Director of West Coast Environmental Law:198โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
Undated (2011)
Krause appeared on Ezra Levant’s โThe Sourceโ on the now-defunct Sun News Network. Levant introduced Krause as โA friend of ours, a friend of mine, and a friend of this channel.โ He adds that โshe is a true environmentalist.โ Video below:199โEzra Levant and Vivian Krause on Suzuki The Great Satan,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โBlazing Catfur,โ August 16, 2011. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
December 7, 2010
Krause testified before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. During her testimony, Krause said she would like to acknowledge the much-appreciated contributions of my colleague, Rob Scagel.200โEvidence,โ Standing Committee on Natural Resources, December 7, 2010. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8Axq4 201โVivian Krause speaks to Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โCityCaucus,โ December 7, 2010.
Scagel is a well-known climate change denier formerly affiliated with the defunct astroturf organization Natural Resources Stewardship Project. He is a signatory of a letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper signed by 61 scientists denying climate change. That letter was coordinated by Friends of Science, a climate denial group that the Globe and Mail outed as being funded in part by the oil and gas industry.
Affiliations
- Nutreco โ Former Corporate Development Manager for North America (January 2002 – October 13 2003).202โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC 203โDisclosure: Who Funds Vivian Krause?โ FairQuestions, September 27, 2011. Archived April 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nETy8
- Millerd Holdings Ltd. โ Former Consultant (January 2007).204โDisclosure: Who Funds Vivian Krause?โ FairQuestions, September 27, 2011. Archived April 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nETy8
- Salmon of the Americas โ Former Consultant (July 2007).205โDisclosure: Who Funds Vivian Krause?โ FairQuestions, September 27, 2011. Archived April 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nETy8
- John Duncan (Conservative MP for Northern Vancouver Island) โ Constituency Representative, May/June 2010.206โDisclosure: Who Funds Vivian Krause?โ FairQuestions, September 27, 2011. Archived April 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nETy8
- United Nations (UNICEF) โ Indonesia, Project Officer, Nutrition/Policy & Advocacy (1996 – 2001). Guatemala, Nutrition Program Officer (1989 – 2005).207โVivian Krauseโ (PDF). April 26, 2013. Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
- The Financial Post โ Contributor (Since 2010).208โVivian Krauseโ (PDF). April 26, 2013. Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
Social Media
- @FairQuestions on Twitter.
- Vivian Krause on LinkedIn.
Publications
According to SourceWatch, Krause has written at a range of news outlets including the Financial Post, Calgary Herald, Montreal Gazette, Business in Vancouver, and the Vancouver Sun. Many of these news outlets are operated by the Postmedia Network. Her work can also be found on salmon farming industry websites such as SeafoodSource.com, which bills itself as a site for โindustry insiders.โ209โVivian Krause,โ SourceWatch. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/F4QS7
HuffPost
- A Vote For Vision Vancouver Is A Vote For U.S. Interests
- Oil Behind U.S. Funding Of Canadian Environmental Conservation
Financial Post
- Vivian Krause: New U.S. funding for the war on Canadian oil
- Anti-Alberta oil sands campaign heavy on funding, light on facts
- Vivian Krause: Joyce Murray’s real backers are American environmentalist groups
- Rockefellers behind ‘scruffy little outfit’
- Vivian Krause: U.S. greens shut down Canadian oil
- Vivian Krause: Forest Ethics’ cash pipeline
- Vivian Krause: Suzuki’s funding
- Salmon inquiry ignores native poaching
- FP Letters to the Editor: The Tides Canada money trail
- Canadian pipelines targeted by U.S. funds
- Vivian Krause: Damage control
- $65-million for ducks (?) and more
- Peter Foster: Faust in the forests
- FP Letters to the Editor: Copyright grab
- Vivian Krause: Oil sands money trail
- Terence Corcoran: A war on green ‘radicals’
- The Girl Who Played with Tax Data: And uncovered the foreign funding of Canadian green groups
- Terence Corcoran: Vancouver’s mystery Mayor
- Who’s funding Mayor Robertson?
- Junk Science Week: Tarred by science
Other Publications
Other Resources
- โConvenient Conspiracy: How Vivian Krause Became the Poster Child for Canada’s Anti-Environment Crusade,โ HuffPost, November 18, 2014.
- Vivian Krause profile at DeSmog Canada.
Resources
- 1โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
- 2โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
- 3โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
- 4โThe Girl Who Played with Tax Data: And uncovered the foreign funding of Canadian green groups,โ Financial Post, January 9, 2012. Archived November 7, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/Ryaqy
- 5โMy Story, Part 1: From UNICEF to Salmon Farming,โ FairQuestions, November 28, 2010. Archived November 8, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YoTxI
- 6โAlaskan Marketing Behind Salmon Farming Controversy?โ (PDF), Westcoaster, September 28, 2007. Retrieved from fairquestions.typepad.com.
- 7โDisclosure: Who Funds Vivian Krause?โ FairQuestions, September 27, 2011. Archived April 29, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/nETy8
- 8โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
- 9โTestimony to the Senate Transport Committee, November 1, 2016,โ Fair Questions, January 2, 2017. Archived November 6, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x9hcP
- 10โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 11โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
- 12โVivian Krauseโ (PDF). April 26, 2013. Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
- 13Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
- 14โHonorariums 4 talks were >90%, not 60% of my 2012 $. Mostly mining/oil&gas @Garossino @benwest @keithbaldrey @tomfletcherbc #Transparency,โ Twitter post by user FairQuestions, March 12, 2013.
- 15โYes. ‘@Garossino: Are you saying speaking fees to industry also exceeds 90% of your 2013 + ’14 income to date? Details?‘โ Twitter post by user @FairQuestions.
- 16โPresentations & Honorariums,โ FairQuestions, March 13, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/LU10x
- 17Ollie Williams. โ‘Interference’ in the NWT economy? Or a bad April Fool?โ Cabin Radio, April 5, 2019. Archived April 11, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Zkx8K
- 18โWho’s funding pipeline protests in Canada?โ Canada Action, June 15, 2018. Archived June 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/PYoXi
- 19โKeynote Speakers 2018,โ ConvergX. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/7y1lf
- 20
- 21โHydraulic Fracturing – An Update,โ CSUR.com, May 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/FbJns
- 22โ37th Annual CAPL Conference Agendaโ (PDF), Retrieved from caplconference.ca
- 23โKrause to speak at Seafood Week,โ Fishfarmingexpert.com, November 25, 2015. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/O6bKY
- 24โPast Events,โ PSAC. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/4LSot
- 25โYour last chance to attend Vancouverโs best fall finance conference,โ Mining.com, September 18, 2015. Archived November 14, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/f8rbz
- 26โOctober 8, 2015 in Vancouver: Meet vetted mining and energy CEOs and network among seasoned investors,โ Subscribersummit.com. Archived August 19, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/3Cu3f
- 27โ1409โ (PDF), retrieved from CAGC.ca.
- 28Allen Garr. โFair question includes who funds Vivian Krause?โ Vancouver Courier, January 13, 2012. Archived November 8, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/fWyK0
- 29“Alberta Inquiry delivers Final Report to Government of Alberta,” Albertainquiry.ca. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DzT6K
- 30“Alberta Inquiry delivers Final Report to Government of Alberta,” Albertainquiry.ca. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/DzT6K
- 31Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
- 32Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
- 33Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
- 34Janet French. “Allan inquiry analysis finds less than 5 per cent of foreign green funds targeted Alberta oilsands,” CBC, July 31, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/O1pLh
- 35“Dogwoodโs response to the Alberta Inquiry,” Dogwood, July 16, 2021. Archived August 2, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/ROUfU
- 36“Environmental groups respond to bizarre draft report from Allan Inquiry,” YouTube video uploaded by user “Energi Media,” July 21, 2021.
- 37“Stand.Earth demands to know Vivian Krause’s ,000 role in Allan Inquiry,“ YouTube video uploaded by user “Energi Media,” July 28, 2021. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 38โConspiracy theories are thrilling, but fall apart under scrutiny,โ Dogwood, August 16, 2011. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/5tkIa
- 39Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
- 40Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
- 41Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
- 42Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
- 43Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
- 44Markham Hislop. โOPINION: Itโs Time for the Energy Industry to Ignore Vivian Krause,โ Alberta Oil, October 26, 2016. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/qoJui
- 45โNOTICE OF CIVIL CLAIMโ (PDF), Supreme Court of British Columbia, May 5, 2017. Retrieved from fairquestions.typepad.com.
- 46โThe Throne Speech and climate change,โ Global News, October 7, 2014. Note video is no longer available online, but is archived at DeSmog. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/snqoC
- 47โThe Throne Speech and climate change,โ Global News, October 7, 2014. Note video is no longer available online, but is archived at DeSmog. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/snqoC
- 48“Sunday reading,” Tweet by user “@FairQuestions,” June 27, 2021. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
- 49Fergus Hodgson. “Why Net-Zero Is a Suicide Mission for Canada,” The Epoch Times, June 17, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/MtAS1
- 50โVivian Krause vs. Peter McCartney,โ The Simi Sara Show via Omny.fm, February 27, 2020. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
- 51โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
- 52โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
- 53โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
- 54โAnti-pipeline campaign was planned, intended, and foreign-funded: Vivian Krause,โ Pipeline News, June 25, 2019. Archived November 27, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.ph/tDovV
- 55โThe Uncertain Future of Northern Oil and Gasโ (PDF), Aboriginal Business Quarterly, Fall 2014.
- 56โThe Uncertain Future of Northern Oil and Gasโ (PDF), Aboriginal Business Quarterly, Fall 2014.
- 57Vivian Krause, โA Vote For Vision Vancouver Is A Vote For U.S. Interests,โ HuffPost, November 13, 2014. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lsn15
- 58Vivian Krause, โA Vote For Vision Vancouver Is A Vote For U.S. Interests,โ HuffPost, November 13, 2014. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/lsn15
- 59Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
- 60Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
- 61โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 62โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 63โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
- 64โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
- 65โThe ‘Demarketing’ of Canada’s Friendly Oil by American Charitable Foundationsโ (PDF). Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
- 66โThe ‘Demarketing’ of Canada’s Friendly Oil by American Charitable Foundationsโ (PDF). Retrieved from Fairquestions.typepad.com.
- 67โEvidence,โ Standing Committee on Natural Resources, December 7, 2010. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8Axq4
- 68โEvidence,โ Standing Committee on Natural Resources, December 7, 2010. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/8Axq4
- 69โโNo evidenceโ: Researcher behind โanti-Albertaโ inquiry backs off assertion,โ Global News, May 21, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bPmZo
- 70โโNo evidenceโ: Researcher behind โanti-Albertaโ inquiry backs off assertion,โ Global News, May 21, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bPmZo
- 71โโNo evidenceโ: Researcher behind โanti-Albertaโ inquiry backs off assertion,โ Global News, May 21, 2021. Archived May 26, 2021. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/bPmZo
- 72โVivian Krause vs. Peter McCartney,โ The Simi Sara Show via Omny.fm, February 27, 2020. Archived .mp3 on file at DeSmog.
- 73โTHIS WEDNESDAY! November 6th! CHOA โ 30 Year Celebration & Awards Reception โ With Keynote Speaker Vivian Krause: Where Do We Go From Here? Sponsorships & Tickets Still Available,โ EnergyNow Media, November 3, 2019. Archived November 11, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qH0gm
- 74โTHIS WEDNESDAY! November 6th! CHOA โ 30 Year Celebration & Awards Reception โ With Keynote Speaker Vivian Krause: Where Do We Go From Here? Sponsorships & Tickets Still Available,โ EnergyNow Media, November 3, 2019. Archived November 11, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/qH0gm
- 75โAbout CHOA,โ Canadian Heavy Oil Association. Archived November 19, 2019.
- 76โNatural resources summit to bring chiefs, oil and gas proponents together,โ Windspeaker.com, October 30, 2019. Archived November 4, 2019. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/B4rIj
- 77Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenneyโs foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/FVX9L
- 78โNational Coalition of Chiefs Energy and Natural Resource Summit AGENDAโ (PDF), Retrieved from Coalition of Chiefs website, November 2019. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 79Jody Macpherson. โUPDATE: We ALMOST gave a conspiracy theorist a platform,โ Jody Macpherson, October 25, 2019. Archived October 28, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.md/BfF9X
- 80Jody Macpherson. โUPDATE: We ALMOST gave a conspiracy theorist a platform,โ Jody Macpherson, October 25, 2019. Archived October 28, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.md/BfF9X
- 81โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 82โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 83โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 84โUnited We Roll rolls into Vancouver โ and Vivian Krause explodes! | Keean Bexte,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โRebel News,โ June 17, 2019. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 85Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
- 86Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
- 87Sandy Garossino. โA data-based dismantling of Jason Kenney’s foreign-funding conspiracy theory,โ National Observer, October 3, 2019. Archived October 4, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/FVX9L
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- 119โVivian Krausโs Crowdfunded Film About โForeign-Fundedโ Environmentalists Allows Anonymous and Foreign Donations,โ PressProgress, July 15, 2019. Archived July 17, 2019. Archive.is URL: http://archive.is/o83P6
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- 123Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
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- 125Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
- 126Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
- 127Markham Hislop. โDebunked: Vivian Krauseโs Tar Sands Campaign conspiracy narrative,โ EnergiMedia, May 14, 2019. Archived May 15, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Hi6wq
- 128Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
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- 132Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
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- 134Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
- 135Emma McIntosh. โIs a foreign-funded campaign the reason for Albertaโs pipeline woes?โ The Star, April 16, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/y99Lo
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- 148โWho’s funding pipeline protests in Canada?โ Canada Action, June 15, 2018. Archived June 26, 2018. Archive.is URL: https://archive.li/PYoXi
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- 160โThe Toque and Mailโ Issue 6, August 25, 2017. Retrieved from energyexecs.ca.
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- 183Kate Webb. โVivian Krause’s Board of Trade event sponsored by mining companies,โ Metro Vancouver, June 7, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/x6alY
- 184โCalendar RECAP: ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGNS: Fair Questions about funding,โ The Vancouver Board of Trade, June 5, 2012. Archived Novembe 21, 2013. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yHCuG
- 185Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
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- 187Kate Webb. โNorth Van writer wants U.S. charity money out of Canada,โ Metro Vancouver, June 4, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ZnBUJ
- 188โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 189โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 190โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 191โVivian Krause Alleges Foreign Funded Green Charities Boost American Finances,โ HuffPost, June 7, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/E4ULC
- 192โProceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance,โ Senate of Canada, June 6, 2012. Archived November 9, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/q3lhw
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- 195โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
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- 198โVivian Krause on The Bill Good Show, January 10th & 13th, 2012,โ Fairquestions, January 16, 2012. Archived November 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/6oVQt
- 199โEzra Levant and Vivian Krause on Suzuki The Great Satan,โ YouTube video uploaded by user โBlazing Catfur,โ August 16, 2011. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
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- 202โAbout,โ Fair Questions. Archived February 13, 2015. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/G7yjC
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