Webinar: Petro-populism in an age of climate denial and digital disinformation
by Corporate Mapping Project | April 22, 2022
This webinar was put on in May 2022 by the Corporate Mapping Project and hosted by CCPA-BC Director Shannon Daub. Researchers Bob Neubauer and Nick Graham shared highlights from their investigation into the ways industry-linked organizations (such as Oil Respect and Resource Works) and allied groups (like Canada Strong) use social media to create a …
Modernizing BC’s Oil and Gas Royalty Regime to Tackle Climate Change
by Marc Lee, Tom Green, Peter McCartney and Anjali Appadurai | February 2, 2022
In 2021, BC got a full serving of extreme weather events due to global warming. It is clear that the BC government must speed up meaningful action to phase out domestic consumption and production of fossil fuels that are the principal cause of climate change. The BC government’s current review of the royalty regime for …
The future of university divestment campaigns: Reflections from inside the movement
by Emily Lowan | January 7, 2022
To an outsider, university divestment campaigns might look like a hopeful but impractical social movement led by naive cadres of sign-waving students. The truth, however, is that divestment is more successful and has more transformative potential than what first appears. Largely hidden but tightly woven connections between universities, finance and fossil fuels have provided ongoing …
Key recommendations to the BC oil and gas royalty review
by Marc Lee and Ben Parfitt | December 3, 2021
The oil and gas industry is a marginal player in BC’s overall economy, yet has far-reaching environmental impacts, is inconsistent with global climate action and undermines First Nations’ rights and title. And yet, since BC started to implement climate action targets and policies in 2007, gas production has doubled. In our submission to BC’s oil …
