Author name: Taylor Noakes

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing — and profiting from — U.S. President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel and AI development agenda, DeSmog has learned. The CPPIB has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. since Trump’s return to office. It has partnered with private equity firms to acquire American oil and gas producers, and financed […]

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Several Canadian media outlets gave prominent coverage in December to a new report arguing that exporting massive amounts of natural gas from British Columbia to Asia will be good for the global fight against climate change. But stories in Canada’s national newspaper of record, The Globe & Mail, as well as an influential conservative outlet […]

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A speech this fall by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney directly referenced the pro-AI and fossil fuel group Build Canada, DeSmog can reveal. The Canadian group was founded in part by Canada’s leading tech billionaire Tobias Lütke, who is CEO of the Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify. It is also associated with oil and gas investor and […]

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Pathways Alliance, a lobby group most recently known for pro-pipeline billboards, also sponsored what they termed a carbon capture summer school in July. Environmental groups have called out the pro-industry event attended by university students and young professionals from 32 countries. “The fossil fuel industry has no place shaping education opportunities in the middle of the climate […]

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Lobbyists and representatives of Canada’s oil and gas industry are part of Canada’s official delegation to this year’s U.N. climate talks in Brazil, in keeping with the high number of fossil fuel representatives in attendance at the summit.  About a dozen individuals representing fossil fuel interests were part of the 240-person Canadian delegation, according to […]

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Major Canadian environmental organizations, as well as an assortment of civil society organizations with considerable stakes in the fight against climate change, are using the services of lobbyists who also represent some of Canada’s biggest polluters. This, according to a groundbreaking new report published by FMinus, an American accountability monitor that tracks lobby groups that […]

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Despite considerable public funding, aggressive ad campaigns, and optimistic pronouncements by politicians of various stripes over the last few years, there were no major project announcements at Canada’s annual carbon capture expo this year.  Neither were there any announcements related to Pathways Alliance, the signature carbon capture and storage project (CCS) of Canada’s tar sands producers. […]

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A conservative political activist recently appointed to be Meta’s new artificial intelligence anti-bias advisor is a well-known climate change denier, DeSmog has learned. Robby Starbuck — best known for opposing corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, particularly among brands popular with conservatives — has a track record of denying the science of climate change. These […]

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One of the architects of the debunked “foreign-funded anti-pipeline protester” controversy is now representing a journalist claiming he was forced to resign from CBC News. Former CBC News host Travis Dhanraj has retained lawyer Kathryn Marshall, noted spokesperson for the Ethical Oil Institute, as his counsel. Dhanraj’s public break with CBC has added fuel to […]

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A well-connected lobbyist and advocate for fossil fuel resource development is one of eight applicants alleging the David Suzuki Foundation used misleading photographs in their promotional materials. As reported by the National Post, a Competition Bureau complaint alleges the foundation used “false and misleading” imagery in a fundraising activity. Though Stewart Muir is the only […]

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Tar sands advocacy group Pathways Alliance has been sponsoring school science fairs, DeSmog has learned. Environmentalists are questioning the ethics of an oil industry lobby group participating in science fairs for children, particularly given their disregard for the scientific consensus concerning the relationship between fossil fuel use and climate change. Pathways Alliance, which represents six Canadian […]

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Just hours before advocating for a resumption of coal mining in Alberta during a contentious town hall meeting, Premier Danielle Smith was arguing her province’s natural gas resources could help displace coal use abroad. “By moving more natural gas, we can also help countries transition away from higher emitting fuels, such as coal,” Smith said […]

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