Fracking pollution
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- Published on Thursday, 27 April 2017 10:00
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A new report suggests the BC Liberal government is turning a blind eye to climate pollution from fracking.
A flood of messages could force Christy Clark to monitor and tax methane leaks -- or admit to voters that she's still letting her big-money fracking donors off the hook.
Send a messageA scathing report from the David Suzuki Foundation shows that climate-killing methane leaks from BC’s fracking industry are at least 2.5 times higher than reported by Christy Clark’s government. [1]
The report shows that methane emissions from fracking create more global warming pollution than putting 2 million more cars on the road. [2]
Outrageously, the BC Liberal government doesn’t even bother monitoring methane emissions from fracking -- and they don’t apply the carbon tax to methane leaks. [3]
You don’t have to look far to guess why Christy Clark’s government might turn a blind eye to the true impact of fracking. Her party accepted more than $1 million in donations from fracking and LNG companies since the last election. [4]
If we flood Christy Clark with messages demanding that she commit to monitor and tax methane emissions from fracking, we can force her to respond. Even if she won’t give in to our demands, she’ll have to go on record saying she is still letting her big-money fracking donors off the hook -- and that could cost her votes.
Will you help force a response from Christy Clark by sending her a message right now?
The BC Liberals are already giving the fracking industry millions in subsidies. Letting them off the hook from paying the carbon tax on methane leaks is just another massive handout to her big-money donors. [5]
Methane is 86 times more potent as a global warming pollutant than CO2, and it’s going to be hard for Christy Clark to justify letting her corporate donors in the fracking industry off the hook from paying the carbon tax on methane emissions. [6]
Together, we can make this a huge story that exposes her scandalous relationship to big-money donors and costs her votes. Will you send a message to Clark, calling on her to respond to this scathing report?
We’re in this together,
Rachel, Jolan and Logan, on behalf of the entire Leadnow.ca team
Sources:
[1] Methane pollution from B.C.’s oil, gas industry higher than provincial estimates (Globe and Mail). http://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/ndp-surges-post-radio-debate/
[2] Methane pollution from B.C. oil and gas sector much higher than
government estimates, research reveals (David Suzuki Foundation). http://www.davidsuzuki.org/media/news/DSF_fracking_media_backgrounder.pdf
[3] BC Carbon Tax (David Suzuki Foundation). http://www.davidsuzuki.org/media/news/downloads/BC_Carbon_Tax_Reality_Check.pdf
[4] Natural Gas Industry Donated Over $1 Million to BC Liberals Since 2013 (Desmog). https://www.desmog.ca/2017/03/07/natural-gas-industry-donated-over-1-million-bc-liberals-2013
[5] BC Liberals Locked In Huge Subsidies to Oil and Gas Donors: Report (Desmog). https://www.desmog.ca/2017/03/27/b-c-liberals-locked-huge-subsidies-big-fossil-fuel-donors-report
[6] More Bad News For Fracking: IPCC Warns Methane Traps Much More Heat Than We Thought (Think Progress). https://thinkprogress.org/more-bad-news-for-fracking-ipcc-warns-methane-traps-much-more-heat-than-we-thought-9c2badf392df
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