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The Big Stall
How big oil and think tanks are blocking action on climate change in Canada
This book traces the origins of the Trudeau government’s climate change plan back to the energy sector itself — in particular Big Oil. It shows how, in the last fifteen years, Big Oil has infiltrated provincial and federal governments, academia, media and the non-profit sector to sway government and public opinion on the realities of climate change and what needs to be done about it. It examines how by working both behind the scenes and in high-profile networks Canada’s energy companies moved the debate away from discussion of the measures required to create a zero-carbon world and towards market-based solutions that will cut carbon dioxide emissions — but not enough to prevent severe climate impacts. The book argues that this is how Big Oil and think tanks have unraveled the Kyoto Protocol, and how Rachel Notley came to deliver the Business Council of Canada’s energy plan. The result is a situation where oil companies are able to determine their own futures in Canada, and to go on drilling new wells, building new oil sands plants and constructing new pipelines.