Foreign funded Stand.earth uses false claim that the oil and gas industry has been getting a ‘free ride to pollute’ in a petition to gather your data.

Setting the record straight on the day’s top anti-oil and gas media stories

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ACTIVIST CLAIM: Foreign funded Stand.earth uses false claim that the oil and gas industry has been getting a ‘free ride to pollute’ in a petition to gather your data.

THE FACTS:  Alberta, British Columbia and Canada were early to put prices on emissions and are among the most expensive jurisdictions in the world for carbon pricing.

THE SOURCES:

 Sign now: Canada needs a strong cap on oil and gas emissions

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Here are some facts and sources to have a reasoned conversation about emissions reduction:

• The oil and gas industry is already subject to an output-based carbon pricing system that is paid for excess emissions.
  https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pricing-pollution-how-it-will-work/output-based-pricing-system.html

• Carbon tech and innovation have helped the oilsands per barrel intensity to drop 20% since 2009.
  https://news.ihsmarkit.com/prviewer/release_only/slug/bizwire-2022-2-1-ihs-markit-greenhouse-gas-intensity-of-canadian-oil-sands-production-continues-to-decline-despite-covid-induced-market-disruptions
• Canada is already a leader in hydrocarbon production in terms of technology and ESG. A recent report from a global consulting firm, Wood Mackenzie, shows Canada is leading in carbon reduction tech as well. If all proposed projects came online, they could reduce up to 115 million tonnes of CO2, or 60% of Canada’s 2030 goal of 200 million tonnes reduced. This helps improve our emissions even more.
  https://www.mining.com/canada-a-global-leader-in-carbon-capture-report/
  https://www.woodmac.com/reports/energy-markets-canadian-carbon-capture-credentials-504389
• According to the U.N.’s International Panel on Climate Change, carbon tech solutions will capture almost as many emissions as renewables will reduce by the end of the century.
  https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/03/srccs_chapter8-1.pdf
• earth was ruled in the Alberta Inquiry to be a recipient of foreign funding in relation to Alberta Resource Development Opposition
  https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3176fd2d-670b-4c4a-b8a7-07383ae43743/resource/a55810a9-e83d-4ae8-b39f-1debc26b203f/download/energy-report-public-inquiry-anti-alberta-energy-campaigns-deloitte-sched-10-alberta-resource-de.pdf 

 

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