Fossil Futures: The Canada Pension Plan’s Failure to Respect the 1.5-Degree Celsius Limit
by James Rowe, Steph Glanzmann, Jessica Dempsey and Zoë Yunker | November 19, 2019
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) manages one of the country’s largest pools of investment capital at over $400 billion. How pension funds choose to invest has significant bearing on how we collectively address the climate emergency and the needed energy transition away from fossil fuels. This report asks if the CPPIB is investing …
Canada Pension Plan’s ongoing investments in fossil fuels: a moral and ecological failure and financial risk
by Corporate Mapping Project | November 19, 2019
(Vancouver) How pension funds choose to invest has significant bearing on how we collectively address the climate emergency and the needed transition from fossil fuels, says a report released today by the Corporate Mapping Project and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office. By not taking necessary action, the Canada Pension Plan—one of Canada’s largest …
Map of Saskatchewan oil & gas industry spills
by Price of Oil Investigation | November 14, 2019
Please allow time for the map to load. Best viewed in full screen. This map shows oil and gas industry spills reported to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Sask Environment and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada from Jan. 1, 2000 to Dec. 31, 2018, a period that included the height of Saskatchewan’s …
BC Government Fossil Fuel Subsidy Data Finally Public
by Ben Parfitt | November 13, 2019
For more than two years, the British Columbia government has vigorously fought efforts to compel the release of information on the hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidies that it doles out to fossil fuel companies each year. It has either refused outright to release documents or it has handed over pages of essentially worthless …
