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The head of the UN says oil and gas ads should be banned. Where does Canada stand?
The head of the United Nations this week called for the end of fossil fuel advertising — an international twist on an existing domestic fight. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a speech Wednesday in New York that some in the oil and gas industry have “shamelessly greenwashed” their activities. “Many governments restrict or prohibit advertising for products that harm human health, like tobacco. Some are now doing the same with fossil fuels,” he said. That’s the approach advocated by NDP MP Charlie Angus, who has put forward a private member’s bill that would ban “misleading, deceptive” fossilRead more
Firefighters battle out-of-control wildfire near Edson, Alta., after natural gas line rupture
A natural gas pipeline rupture Tuesday morning in west-central Alberta has sparked an out-of-control wildfire. TC Energy activated its emergency response procedures after it was notified about the incident, involving its Nova Gas Transmission Line, located 40 kilometres northwest of Edson, Alta., at about 11 a.m., the company said in a statement. Edson is about 200 kilometres west of Edmonton and about 160 km northeast of the B.C.-Alberta border. “The pipeline incident did create a wildfire and so Alberta Wildfire, Yellowhead County and TC Energy are currently responding to the wildfire,” said CarolineRead more