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Here’s what environmental groups say the anti-Alberta energy inquiry knows about their foreign funding

A controversial two-year long inquiry into allegations that foreign actors attempted to unfairly sully the international reputation of Alberta oil and gas is scheduled to be completed by July 30.

On that day, commissioner and forensic accountant Steve Allan’s report will be due to Energy Minister Sonya Savage. She is compelled to publicly release his findings within 90 days of receiving them.

In 2019, Allan was initially tapped to report back by July 2, 2020. He had a budget of $2.5 million to investigate any funding furnished by sinister actors to environmental groups, and whether any organization receiving that money to smack-talk oil also receives government grants or holds charitable status in Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2021July 22, 2021•0•Alberta, Green-Scam

Don’t blame climate change for Germany’s flooding

Green policies will do nothing to protect us from natural disasters.

Over 130 dead, hundreds injured and numerous houses, roads and bridges destroyed – that is the terrible result of last week’s flooding in parts of western Germany.

Even before the dead have been properly counted and their bodies recovered, activists, journalists and politicians have seized on the flooding for political ends. ‘The issues at stake could hardly be greater: the climate crisis – and the question of how humanity can keep the planet habitable – demands answers’, writes a group of journalists in Der Spiegel. The day of the disaster, they hope, could be a turning point in September’s federal elections – a day in which ‘nature rendered any kind of campaign planning worthless’. But there are many reasons to question this simplistic narrative.

From Jo Nova

A world protected by windmills? In 1717 Christmas Floods in Germany killed 14,000

With great sympathy for all our European friends. It’s like European history doesn’t exist.

In 1717 on Christmas Eve a flood started that killed 14,000 people and spread across the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany. It was followed by savage frosts, and more floods in February of 1718.

by Blazingcatfur•July 20, 2021July 19, 2021•0•Green-Scam

Electric Planes: Green That Doesn’t Fly

It seems like a really bad idea, yet it’s one United Airlines reportedly just bought into — probably for many millions of dollars (the actual sum hasn’t been disclosed). It will “invest” in the development — italics to emphasize the nonexistence at present — of the ES-19, an electric aircraft that exists on the drawing board only. This hypothetical aircraft is being developed by a Swedish company with the cloying name Heart Aerospace — which summons images of kumbaya-ing around the campfire in a collective hug.

A car battery I can barely lift only starts the car, doesn’t provide continuous power. But we’re going to fly electric?

h/t Marvin

by Sarcasticat•July 18, 2021July 18, 2021•0•Green Energy Scams, Green-Scam

Philadelphia’s Electric Bus Fleet in Complete Shambles

More than two dozen electric Proterra buses first unveiled by the city of Philadelphia in 2016 are already out of operation, according to a WHYY investigation.

The entire fleet of Proterra buses was removed from the roads by SEPTA, the city’s transit authority, in February 2020 due to both structural and logistical problems—the weight of the powerful battery was cracking the vehicles’ chassis, and the battery life was insufficient for the city’s bus routes. The city raised the issues with Proterra, which failed to adequately address the city’s concerns.

h/t DE

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2021July 18, 2021•0•Green-Scam

Carney Goes Full Eco-Fascist

Regulate business to tackle climate crisis, urges Mark Carney

Governments must step up their regulation of businesses to tackle the climate crisis, the former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has urged, because the financial free markets will not reduce greenhouse gas emissions alone.

Carney, who left the Bank of England last year before the first Covid-19 lockdown, is now one of the most influential figures working on Cop26, the vital UN climate talks to be held in Glasgow in November. He is a UN envoy on climate change and Boris Johnson’s finance adviser on the climate.

He said for the world to meet its climate goals, governments would have to force industries to follow clear rules, on everything from energy generation to construction and transport, and set carbon prices that would drive investment towards green ends and close down fossil fuels.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2021July 17, 2021•0•Green-Scam

How A ‘Green’ America Would Fuel China’s Growing Coal And Uyghur-Exploiting Solar Industries

President Joe Biden inherited an America that was a net energy exporter, something that had not been achieved even once in his 44 years in federal office. The GOP’s energy strategy was, quite simply, working. The results were not just lower energy prices and independence from unstable or adversarial countries; this also helped us lower carbon emissions.

As the International Energy Agency reported last year, the United States in 2019 led the world with the biggest one-year reduction in energy-related CO2 emissions, and since 2000 (our peak emissions year), we have had the greatest absolute drop in emissions reductions of any nation.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2021July 16, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Green-Scam, USA

Just 25 ‘mega-cities’ produce 52 per cent of the world’s urban greenhouse gas emissions — and 23 of them are in China

Just over half of the world’s urban greenhouse gas emissions come from just 25 mega-cities — 23 of which are located in China — a study has reported.

The cities that emit the most greenhouse gases included Handan, Suzhou, Dalian, Beijing and Tianjin in China — but also Tokyo, Japan, and Moscow, Russia.

China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged to cap carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 — part of its commitment to the Paris Agreement.

by Blazingcatfur•July 13, 2021July 13, 2021•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

GOLDSTEIN: More recycling, but most trash goes to dump, says report

Canadians have done a good job of reducing, reusing and recycling their garbage over the past two decades, although the vast majority of it still ends up in the dump, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

by Blazingcatfur•July 13, 2021July 13, 2021•0•Green-Scam

With China Producing Half the World’s New Energy Vehicles, Retired Batteries May Bring ‘Explosive Pollution’

As China’s new energy vehicle production grows rapidly, with half of global production now coming from China, the huge amount of retired batteries could bring “disastrous” environmental problems and “explosive pollution,” says state-owned media Xinhua.

According to Xinhua, the cumulative retired batteries in China will had reached 200,000 tons (about 25 GWh) in 2020 and will grow to 780,000 tons (about 116 GWh) by 2025.

by Blazingcatfur•July 12, 2021July 12, 2021•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Green-Scam

Canada & the U.S at risk of an energy crisis -OPEC & energy security

“… It is important to note that OPEC did not have a huge monopoly over the oil market in 1973. They had 56% of the oil market, according to energyeducation.ca -meeting the US Department of Justice‘s monopoly threshold which is defined as a market share of greater than 50 percent. It was enough to manipulate prices to shock the oil market and create a shortage in global supply. Currently, OPEC (less Russia) will produce 33.7 million barrels a day in 2021, while Russia- according to Interfax International Information Group- produces 10.2 million barrels a day. That leaves OECD countries producing 43.9 m/bd – so currently OPEC plus appears to control about 54% of the market. Dan McTeague warns that currently “OPEC and Russia produce nearly half the world’s oil needs. That’s quite a powerful block at a time when western nations seem intent on killing this vital resource.” It’s interesting that a similar price shock occurred in 1979, as the Iranian Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) restricted the supply of oil from Iran and once again created a shortage in global supply and doubled oil prices…”

by Blazingcatfur•July 12, 2021July 12, 2021•0•Canada, Green-Scam, USA

The Hole Biden Dug Over Canceling the Keystone XL Pipeline Just Got Deeper

President Joe Biden’s immediate executive order to cease construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline cost Americans thousands of jobs, but now on top of that, it may cost us billions more as the Canadian firm that owned the line is now looking to get the money it lost on it back.

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2021July 6, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Green-Scam

Union fears big job losses from going green, after Ottawa pledges $420 million to Algoma’s electric retrofit

The announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday seemed like undiluted good news.

Ottawa would provide $420 million in aid to Algoma Steel so it could convert its coal-fired furnaces to “electric-arc” technology. Technology that could cut the greenhouse gasses spewed from the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., plant dramatically — by the equivalent of 900,000 gas-guzzling cars.

Can you make steel by burning politicians?

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2021July 6, 2021•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

No, The West Coast Heat Wave Has Nothing To Do With Climate Change

As Ockham’s Razor says, the simplest answer is usually the right one. The simplest explanation for the heat wave is not climate change.

Was last week’s record heatwave in the Pacific Northwest caused by a climate-altering buildup of human greenhouse gases? The once-august Scientific American claimed it was, declaring, “Unprecedented Heat Wave in Pacific Northwest Driven by Climate Change.” Other outlets like the Washington Post echoed this narrative.

It’s helpful to remember climate change commentators live by two rules: First, everything is linked to climate change. Second, when in doubt, see rule number one. This simple, two-rule test shows up in any of the activist corporate media’s coverage of climate “related” events. It’s what makes them both boring and predictable.

by Blazingcatfur•July 5, 2021July 5, 2021•0•Green-Scam

Biden’s obsession with climate change actually endangers the US

In the wake of President Biden’s recent overseas trip — which included a G-7 meeting in the UK and a “summit” with Vladimir Putin in Geneva — one may wonder: What, if anything, is his foreign policy? The administration wants us to believe we are watching a balanced, realistic, even realpolitik approach.

“It’s just pure business,” said Biden of his relationship with China’s Xi Jinping.

by Blazingcatfur•July 4, 2021July 3, 2021•0•"Joe Sleazebag Biden", Green-Scam, USA

This fall’s ballot question: What does your climate policy cost?

Last month’s Swiss referendum on climate change and other environmental policies has received little attention in Canada – even though, as the BBC reported, “it was a huge shock.” The Swiss, stereotypically concerned about the beauty of their Alpine environment, rejected their government’s proposals to fulfil a 2015 commitment to reduce 1990 emission levels by 50 per cent by 2030.

by Blazingcatfur•July 2, 2021July 2, 2021•0•Green-Scam