Posts Tagged ‘tar sands’
Dear Evan Greenberg, Climate Leaders Don’t Insure Tar Sands Pipelines
This article was written by Elana Sulakshana and was originally published by Common Dreams on August 3, 2021. Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline is an environmental and human rights disaster. It transports tar sands, one of the world’s dirtiest fossil fuels, from Alberta to Vancouver, across the territories of Indigenous Peoples who have made their opposition to…
Read MoreLIMITED INSURANCE ACCESS IMPEDES NEW TAR SANDS/OIL SANDS PROJECTS
This article originally appeared in The Energy Mix on June 1, 2021. Limited access to insurance is emerging as a big obstacle for Canadian tar sands/oil sands companies aiming to get new projects off the ground, just a year or two after campaigners began setting their sights on getting insurers to abandon fossil fuels, CBC…
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