This is a news compilation setting the record straight on the day’s top stories about the oil and gas industry.
News Headline:
MLA Pete Guthrie: Climate alarmism stalls solutions
The Facts:
While radically biased activists decry the oil and gas industry, the industry is tackling emissions.
- Canadian oil and gas companies recognize that lowering emissions is the path needed to provide reliable energy while remaining sustainable in a changing world. That’s why they spend the most of any other industry on environmental technology.
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/181214/dq181214d-eng.htm - Companies like Questerre Energy and Teck Resources are making strides in the zero-emissions race with technology and research that makes Canada a leader in sustainable energy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/questerre-engages-leading-quebec-engineering-041500541.html
News Headline:
Opinion: Giving every First Nation a project veto will not end discrimination
The Facts:
Giving them a chance for economic prosperity will.
- Indigenous leaders cite responsible resource development to eliminate on-reserve poverty and provide a better quality of life for Canada’s Indigenous population.
https://context.capp.ca/articles/2019/feature_chiefs-look-to-natural-resources-to-defeat-poverty - Powerful partnerships between the oil and gas industry have resulted in billions of economic benefits and thousands of jobs for Indigenous people in Canada.
https://www.jwnenergy.com/article/2018/11/7-facts-about-canadas-indigenous-communities-and-oil-and-gas/
