Canada among five "other petrostates" dooming Paris climate goals with oil and gas ramp-up
Canada has been called out as a "climate hypocrite" by an independent international sustainability think-tank for claiming to be a clean energy transition leader while stepping up the award of oil and gas drilling permits to levels not seen since 2017. Together with the United States, United Kingdom, Norway and Australia, Canada has this year granted oil and gas licences that could release 12 billion tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere if "fully exploited," according to IISD.
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