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Canada’s new politics: clean vs dirty energy
By Keith Stewart, Greenpeace
Friday, July 22, 2011
Read this blog post on the originating site
The ghost of Bruce Carson, the scandal-plagued former member of the Prime Minister’s inner circle and subsequently political quarterback for the oil industry’s push for a national energy strategy dominated by the tar sands, was indeed hanging over the meeting of federal and provincial energy ministers this week in Kananaskis.
The results were initially looking pretty good for the tar sands companies, as they got almost everything they wanted (except for carbon pricing, which was likely in the package just for show – see the table below).
But the wheels on the bandwagon started coming off in a hurry, with Ontario refusing to sign on to a communiqué that called the tar sands “sustainable” and asking why the federal government wouldn’t give the kind of support to clean energy that they do to oil and gas.
Quebec subsequently distanced themselves from the federal/Alberta position as well, saying they want to focus on green energy.
In BC, the statements in support of Enbridge’s Gateway pipeline from the tar sands to the Pacific Ocean prompted reaction from First Nations, NGOsand the provincial NDP (BC’s energy minister was also notably absent from the meeting, as was Ontario’s).
Keep reading this blog post (and see the table comparing What the Oil Industry (and friends) Asked For and What the Minister Delivered) on the Greenpeace website
Tagged with: greenpeace, energy minister, energy policy, bruce carson
