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Civil society to Justin Trudeau: “The time for investment in new fossil fuel infrastructure is over”

With just over a week to go until the May 31 deadline set by Kinder Morgan for the Canadian Government to resolve all financial and political issues surrounding its highly controversial Trans Mountain pipeline, some 236 civil society groups from 44 countries have today written to Justin Trudeau to tell him to drop his support for the project.

“We are going to not allow Kinder Morgan to finish this pipeline”

As the clock ticks down until the May 31 deadline over the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project, which will triple the amount of tar sands being transported from Alberta to the British Columbian coast, the campaign against its expansion is spreading abroad.

Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline in Canada Could “Violate” US Endangered Species Law

As Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and Albertan Premier, Rachel Notley, prepare to invest in Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, they are trying to spin the benefits of the highly controversial project.

Trump Expresses “Confidence” in Pruitt, Despite Eleven Investigations into EPA Head

How much longer will Trump hang on to Scott Pruitt - his ideological climate-denying, fossil fuel-loving, crony promoting, whistle-blower bashing, blundering, big spending, security-paranoid buddy?

British Prime Minister Facilitates BP’s New Oil Contract with Azerbaijan Dictatorship

Last week, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May hosted the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for a meeting at Downing Street, which included the signing of a new energy deal between BP and the Azerbaijan State Oil Company

Is Fossil Fuel Industry Secretly Behind a New Campaign Against Fossil Fuel Divestment?

Last week a newly formed organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), published its first “white paper” on the topical issue of “getting politics out of pensions”.

“Terrifying” that Climate Denier, Jim Bridenstine, is to Lead NASA

The Trump Administration and Republican assault on science reached a new level last night when in a narrow vote the Senate voted to approve the climate denier, Jim Bridenstine, for the post of NASA administrator.

Bank of America Leads Finance for Atlantic Coast Pipeline

The abuses, risks and climate pollution of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline have a clear set of financiers, led by the nation's largest commercial bank, Bank of America.

Trudeau Morphs From Clean Poster Boy into Dirty Oil Polluter

As the world tries to wean itself off its oil addiction, one nation walks the other way. As many countries try and stop fossil fuel subsidies, one country is scrabbling around to secure finance for a dirty energy pipeline.