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Tweeting about climate justice and energy policy. Associate Director, National Climate @ Environmental Defence. Views my own. She/her. Settler on stolen land.
Mar 27 5 tweets 2 min read
🧵Our new analysis reveals that Canada provided over $18.6 BILLION to oil & gas companies last year and $65 billion over the last four

Taxpayer dollars should not be going to the very companies fueling both the climate and affordability crises that are hurting so many today 2/ Instead of going to #climatevillains, $65 billion could have funded every major wind and solar project built in Canada from 2019-2021 12x over

Half of it could double transit ridership across Canada

It is 10x what the govt has invested in climate change adaptation since 2015
Jan 14, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
🧵A new front in the greenwashing battle has opened: blending #hydrogen into fossil gas infrastructure to achieve nominal emissions reductions

TLDR: it's not a climate solution The reason why gas distribution companies like @Enbridge are touting blended #hydrogen is not because they want the world to go green, but because it will lock in continued use of their gas pipes

They don't care about the climate, they are actively fighting electrification