US EditionFormer minister Catherine McKenna blasts the heads of Canadian oil companies
She says oil companies are adding emissions while earning $170 million more a day from higher global prices.
- Former Environment Minister Catherine McKenna accused Canadian oil industry leaders of "taking us for fools" last week, claiming they demand subsidies while increasing emissions and misleading the public about environmental commitments.
- The Oil Sands Alliance, comprising Suncor, Cenovus, Imperial Oil, Canadian Natural Resources, and ConocoPhillips, has promoted the "Pathways" project aiming for "carbon neutral" oil sands production by 2050 through carbon capture and storage.
- Canada's official greenhouse gas inventory published last week showed oil sands production increased by more than 900 per cent since 1990, with the sector being the only one to raise emissions in 2024.
- Canadian oil companies are generating an extra $170 million in daily profits due to the war in Iran, which pushed global oil prices up by more than 50 per cent, according to an analysis cited by McKenna.
- Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault stated he sees a "lack of seriousness" from the industry, noting companies have invested more in advertising their projects than in actually carrying them out.
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The Toronto Star
Former minister Catherine McKenna blasts the heads of Canadian oil companies
MONTRÉAL - Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says the leaders of Canada's oil industry are figures close to American President Donald Trump who are "taking us for fools" and putting
The steady increase in greenhouse gas emissions is fuelling concern for the future of families and the health of future generations.
"hard fat" close to Donald Trump, who think we are "witnesses" and who make "fatty profits" with the war in addition to "nurishing the climate crisis," putting the "economy in jeopardy" and "claiming subsidies." That's how former Environment Minister Catherine McKenna described Canadian oil industry leaders in an interview with The Canadian Press. Another former minister, Steven Guilbeault, for his part, denounced the double speech and lack of s…
‘From an environmental perspective it makes no sense, and economically, even less’: McKenna on Canada’s oil industry - The Canadian Media
Montreal/CMEDIA: Former environment minister Catherine McKenna reportedly accuses the leaders of Canada’s oil industry in putting both the economy and environment at risk. Canada’s official greenhouse gas inventory published last week showed that in 2024, oil and gas production was the only sector in the country to have increased its greenhouse gas emissions. “In Canada, we
"Dough fats" close to Donald Trump, who think we're "witnesses" and who make "strong profits" with the war in addition to "nourishing the climate crisis", putting "the economy at risk" and "demanding subsidies." That's how former Environment Minister Catherine McKenna described the leaders of the Canadian oil industry in an interview with The Canadian Press.
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