How many ways does this article anger me?
Let me count the ways...
#debunktionjunktion
(although, honestly, fighting @calgaryherald on climate issues is rather pointless, in the past @ChrisVarcoe has often been better than this)
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Let me count the ways...
#debunktionjunktion
(although, honestly, fighting @calgaryherald on climate issues is rather pointless, in the past @ChrisVarcoe has often been better than this)
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calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…
1) I realize I'm like a broken record. But having an article, on a climate issue, without mentioning the word "climate" once, is not cool. Of course people don't want to do hard things, unless they know why they need to do it. (see search in upper left corner) 
2) Zero interviews from anyone, aside from the federal government, as to why this cap is necessary. All industry or industry-adjacent voices.
One-sideing the issue.
One-sideing the issue.
3) This quote, below: Isn't this exactly the problem? Ongoing growth of a product (and emissions), that we as a species need to stop producing, as soon as possible? and no plan to do so?
4) Fact-checking this statement:
"Producers point out they’re reducing emissions per barrel"
Not true. Canadian oil (dominated by AB) up 9% since 1990. Reference:
pembina.org/blog/canadian-…
"Producers point out they’re reducing emissions per barrel"
Not true. Canadian oil (dominated by AB) up 9% since 1990. Reference:
pembina.org/blog/canadian-…
4.5) (Continued). Since the climate only cares about absolute emissions, due to rising production, even if decreasing intensity/barrel was at play, we'd still be losing.
source
source
5) Fact checking : "many companies have adopted net-zero targets"
targets without a plan is just greenwashing.
a) no interim targets
b) no credible plan to reach the 2050 goal
c) reliance on technologies that currently do not exist (CCS at scale)
un.org/sites/un2.un.o…
targets without a plan is just greenwashing.
a) no interim targets
b) no credible plan to reach the 2050 goal
c) reliance on technologies that currently do not exist (CCS at scale)
un.org/sites/un2.un.o…
6) This statement: "the sector faces an array of existing federal policies to decarbonize."
Should add to the end: all of which the industry is fighting tooth and nail.
Should add to the end: all of which the industry is fighting tooth and nail.
7) final statement (see screenshot).
Important to note that the rest of Canada, and the other industrial sectors, are all lowering their emissions, some dramatically.
Alberta, and the oilsands, are stand-out exceptions.
We need to take responsibility for our actions.
Important to note that the rest of Canada, and the other industrial sectors, are all lowering their emissions, some dramatically.
Alberta, and the oilsands, are stand-out exceptions.
We need to take responsibility for our actions.
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