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