With the Canada wildfire season already upon us it’s urgent that we understand the causes of these fires (and the indisputable link to oil and gas emissions) and other impacts.
In the wake of these ‘climate fires’ strong climate policies like the emissions cap, have become more urgent than ever. Blaming other countries for climate change overlooks both Canada’s high per capita emissions and historical emissions that contributed to the climate crisis. We won’t inspire others to do more on climate change if we continue to contribute a lot more emissions per person than they do.
“Wildfires around Fort Nelson, B.C., and Fort Liard, N.W.T., had caused widespread outages in Yukon and parts of N.W.T. — including 911 emergency services… Fires burned through Northwestel redundancy options.”
– CBC News [2024]
“Climate crisis made spate of [2023] Canada wildfires twice as likely scientists find. Burning of fossil fuels made fires at least twice as likely, and the fire-prone weather at least 20% more intense, study shows.”
“It isn’t arson: untangling climate misinformation around Canada’s raging wildfires.”
“Rise in extreme wildfires linked directly to emissions from oil companies in new study.”
– CBC News
“Canada’s forests haven’t absorbed more carbon than they’ve released since 2001.”
“Desjardins Exit from Flood Zone Mortgages May Ripple Across Canada.”
“Climate Disasters Set 2024 On Course for ‘Record Year of Human Suffering.’”
“Climate change is already costing Canadian households billions of dollars—and these costs are just the tip of the iceberg.”
“Hurricane Fiona is among 10 most expensive climate disasters worldwide: report.”
– CBC News
“Criticism intensifies after big oil admits ‘gaslighting’ public over green aims. Fury as ‘explosive’ files reveal largest oil companies contradicted public statements and wished bedbugs upon critical activists…. Previous releases of internal documents have shown that the oil industry knew of the devastating impact of climate change but chose instead to downplay and even deny these findings publicly in order to maintain their business model.”
“The oily backroom campaign to sink the federal emissions cap.”
Read our fact sheets on carbon pricing and the emissions cap. You can also consult this guide to common climate myths.
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