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Ms. Que Banh Aug 19, 2024

A career #OilAndGas #insider will soon be shaping #ClimatePolicy in #Alberta’s department of #Environment and #ProtectedAreas.

After a decade working in various roles for the #Canadian Association of #PetroleumProducers #CAPP , Patrick McDonald has been hired by Alberta Environment and Protected Areas to serve as assistant deputy minister of air, #climate and clean technology.

CAPP is one of Canada’s biggest and most aggressive #FossilFuel #LobbyGroups; it held 91 meetings with government officials in 2023, second only to the #PathwaysAlliance with 104, according to a recent report by #EnvironmentalDefence. CAPP’s member companies are responsible for nearly three quarters of Canada’s annual #oil and #NaturalGas production.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/19/news/oil-insider-hired-help-shape-albertas-climate-policy

#ConflictOfPublicInterest #Corruption #ABpoli #CDNpoli #DirtyOilProfiteers #BanCorporateLobbyists #EcocidalManiacs #PollutionProfiteers #CrimesAgainstHumanity

Oil insider hired to help shape Alberta's climate policy

The Alberta government hired a career oil and gas insider to help shape climate policy in its department of Environment and Protected Areas.

Canada's National Observer

Ms. Que Banh Aug 9, 2024

It’s no surprise that big #polluting companies are not happy about annual #CarbonTax increases. But it is #unfair that #BritishColumbians must pay the full carbon tax when the #OilAndGas industry, whose production is responsible for more than one-quarter of #BritishColumbia #CarbonEmissions, gets a carbon #TaxBreak.

The new system will also have a negative impact on B.C.’s carbon #TaxRevenues. In 2024-25, carbon tax revenues will be about $500 million lower than they would have been under the old system. This #RevenueLoss means fewer dollars to pay for #ClimateAction.

These changes point to a #BCgovernment that is far too cosy with the oil and gas #industry. And they make no sense given the urgency of acting on #ClimateChange. #Disasters in 2021 alone caused between $11 billion and $16 billion in damage to the #BCeconomy.

If B.C. really wants to be a #climate leader, the government must stop pandering to lobbying by the oil and gas industry that is causing climate change and act in the interests of all British Columbians

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/09/BC-Letting-Big-Industry-Evade-Carbon-Tax/

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