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Net Zero: More arrests at Fairy Creek old-growth protest By iPolitics. Published on May 21, 2021 10:49am
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Six people were detained on Thursday for breaching the injunction and one was removed from the area with no recommended charges, RCMP said. However, the police are also seeking charges of obstruction for two arrestees, as well as charges of possession of stolen property for two others and a charge of assaulting a police officer and obstruction for another individual.
Protesters have been camped in forested areas between Port Renfrew and Lake Cowichan since August 2020. They have blockaded access to the forest to protect what they say is the last unprotected, intact old-growth forest valley on southern Vancouver Island.
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Canada’s oil and gas industry recovery will take two years, analysts say
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Oil prices may have recovered to pre-pandemic levels, but for Canada’s oil and gas industry, recovering from what was arguably the worst year in its history is going to take a couple of years, analysts say.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates global demand for petroleum products won’t be back to pre-pandemic levels until 2023 and may never return to “normal.”
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By then, Alberta oil producers should have a new outlet for their product through Vancouver and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, which has a scheduled in-service date of December 2022. Two or three years later, the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat is expected to begin shipping its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.
Net Zero: Australia doubles down on gas-fired recovery By iPolitics. Published on May 19, 2021 12:22pm
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The new plant is part of the government’s “gas-fired recovery” from the pandemic, and is needed to avoid “unacceptable price increases,” Australian Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor said in a statement.