Climate Alarmism

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe made it clear in a recent interview that his government would put its foot down on federal plans to require the province to shut down all coal and gas power plants by 2030 and 2035 respectively.

While speaking alongside Justice Minister Brownyn Eyre, Moe told the outlet Pipeline Online that he firmly believes that power regulation is “within the provincial jurisdiction” and the federal government was overreaching.

“I’m not going to answer hypotheticals with respect to this. But it’s our interpretation that these decisions on how you produce power, most certainly are in the realm of provincial jurisdiction,” said Moe.

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The group of activists have been holding daily slow-march protests on roads since 24 April
A man pushed a Just Stop Oil protester to the ground and launched another campaigner’s phone into the air during a slow-walk protest in a road in London.

A video clip shows the man walking up behind the group in the middle of Mansell Street and grabbing banners from them.

Later he is spotted smacking a phone out of a campaigner’s hand and shoves several other climate activists in the group of around a dozen people.

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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault yesterday dismissed Budget Office arithmetic showing climate change regulations will cost Canadians thousands a year. Guilbeault said the numbers were wrong but provided none of his own.

“Their analysis takes the same unbalanced modeling approach as they did with the analysis on the price on pollution,” Guilbeault told reporters. “The Budget Office is consistently failing to take into account the steep and rising costs of climate change.”

Budget Officer Yves Giroux in a report said new regulations to take effect July 1, the Clean Fuel Standard, will cost Canadians nationwide. “Our analysis focuses on the cost to households in 2030, the year in which the ultimate reductions in carbon intensity are achieved,” said the report A Distributional Analysis Of The Clean Fuel Regulations.

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The battle over the operation of the multi-national Enbridge Line 5 pipeline appears to have no end. American anti-energy activists—invigorated by their victory in shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada—have set their sights on Line 5 and won’t quit until the line is shut down one way or another. Cross-border pipelines could soon be a thing of the past, and Canada’s energy security is vulnerable due to this.

Line 5 carries Canadian petroleum products. It begins in Superior, Wisconsin, crosses Michigan, and terminates in Sarnia, Ontario, where the products are refined. It has been safely operating for over 65 years and it services energy needs in the Northeastern United States and Canada with over half a million barrels a day of petrochemicals. If the line were to be suddenly shut down, it would wreak economic havoc. Ideologically driven opponents to the line don’t care about the consequences, though, and they may have their way soon.

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