fossil fuel subsidies

Tonight, MPs from across party lines will take part in a virtual townhall on ending fossil fuel subsidies.

Oilsands companies' record profits and their CEOs' campaigns for corporate welfare raise an important question, writes columnist Max Fawcett: is it time for Canadian taxpayers to get a bigger piece of the action?

Fossil fuel gatekeepers also include the world’s largest private banks. Without their enormous investments, most of the world’s coal, oil and natural gas corporations would shrivel and die on the vine. 

A B.C. program that has been referred to as a “tax loophole for fracking operators” cost the province $1.162 billion in royalty revenues last year.

Opponents of Bay du Nord are stressing the importance of learning from the province's cod moratorium, which left 30,000 people abruptly jobless.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is warning of “unavoidable multiple climate hazards” over the next two decades in a clear recognition society is entering an era of irreversible breakdown without immediate action.

Canada’s four main fossil fuel-producing provinces shelled out $4 billion in subsidies for the industry from April 2020 to the end of last year, a new report reveals.

Right now, many government policies work against Canada’s best climate, economic and social interests, and to fix this, a new report says we need to address the elephant in the room: fossil fuel subsidies.

A report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer finds Ottawa’s tax breaks to the fossil fuel sector are leaving nearly $2 billion on the table each year in lost revenue.

Green Party MPs and environmental groups say a financial relief program for onshore oil and gas companies should be scrapped after a scathing report by Canada’s climate watchdog was released Thursday.

While world leaders and negotiators are hailing the Glasgow climate pact as a good compromise that keeps a key temperature limit alive, many scientists are wondering what planet these leaders are looking at.

To conserve credibility and trust, governments need a bold and immediate shift in spending that considers respect for the environment and the strengthening of our social fabric.

Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely, but gave poor countries hope for more financial support to cope with global warming.

The health impacts of climate change are rising globally, according to a new study, but a Canada-specific policy brief lays out three key areas that could be game-changers when it comes to the way climate change affects human health in the country.

How do the party platforms in the federal election measure up when it comes to battling the climate crisis?