{"id":46333,"date":"2021-04-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=46333"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:09:24","slug":"spilling-the-tea-on-climate-change-villains-your-weekly-gossip-on-oil-and-gas-industry-scandals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/46333\/spilling-the-tea-on-climate-change-villains-your-weekly-gossip-on-oil-and-gas-industry-scandals\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate change villains: Your weekly gossip on oil and gas industry scandals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Move over Lady Whistledown and Gossip Girl, because we\u2019re spilling the tea on the hot gossip climate change activists are really looking for. Want to know what the biggest fossil polluters in Canada are up to? Need to decode industry spin? We\u2019ve got you covered!<\/p>\n\n

Click here for this week’s update<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

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We\u2019ve decided to invest some time in tracking the oil, gas, and coal companies that continue to cook our climate despite the fact that we\u2019re in the middle of a climate emergency. Every week, we\u2019ll collect our hot tips and news from around the web to give you the low-down on industry\u2019s corporate scandals and bad behaviour \u2014 plus, we\u2019ll give you ways to push back against their dirty agenda.<\/p>\n\n

Why? The Alberta tar sands (oil sands) are the fastest-rising source<\/a> of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Meanwhile, fracked gas pipeline companies continue to plough through<\/a> Indigenous lands without consent (and no<\/em>, for the oil execs in the back, consultation does not equal consent). If that weren\u2019t enough, coal production threatens to contaminate<\/a> our fresh water. <\/p>\n\n

The science overwhelmingly shows that we still have time to stop runaway climate change and biodiversity collapse \u2014 but that window is closing fast. Despite this, industry is still opposing climate policies<\/a> and might even be trying to convince the public<\/a> to give up fighting for the climate altogether.<\/p>\n\n

We won\u2019t let that stand. Knowledge is power. So keep checking this blog to stay up-to-date on the fossil fuel sector\u2019s latest tricks and tactics, and take action to make sure our politicians stay accountable to people, not polluters.<\/p>\n\n

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Canadian gas companies part of secret anti-climate campaign<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n

If you buy your gas from Enbridge or FortisBC, you are helping fund a campaign by the gas industry to block the switch to renewable energy. <\/p>\n\n

In a powerpoint presentation that says all the usually-quiet bits out loud, the Consortium to Block Electrification acknowledges that \u201cNatural gas (fossil fuel) in for fight of its life\u201d and that \u201cEveryone needs to contact legislators in support of NG.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

The two Canadian companies join 13 U.S.-based gas distribution companies in the consortium whose mission, according to the presentation obtained by E&E News<\/a>, is to “create effective, customizable marketing materials to fight the electrification\/anti-natural gas movement.”<\/p>\n\n

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That is a fight the gas companies need to lose. <\/p>\n\n

Our best shot at avoiding catastrophic levels of warming, according to experts, is to electrify (almost) everything<\/a>. <\/strong>That is why over 40 U.S. municipalities (and Vancouver) are moving to ban new fossil fuel-powered space and water heating systems in new buildings, and planning to replace existing systems with renewably-powered, cleaner alternatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

The fear of losing market share to non-fossil alternatives terrifies the gas companies, but it should delight the rest of us.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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Scandal alert: Leaked documents show Enbridge & FortisBC are part of a "consortium to combat electrification" because "Natural gas (fossil fuel) is in for fight of it's life." https:\/\/t.co\/lr5LdIaQih<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8PK8XK9iZI<\/a><\/p>— Keith Stewart (@climatekeith) May 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>