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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCitizens officially win fight to ban oil and gas development in Quebec
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/04/14/news/citizens-officially-win-fight-ban-oil-and-gas-development-quebecQuebec became the first jurisdiction in the world Tuesday to explicitly ban oil and gas development in its territory after decades of campaigning by environmental organizations and citizen groups. Citizens rallied, citizens regrouped and actually won this fight because it was in their backyards it would have had major impacts on their way of living on the territory, Émile Boisseau-Bouvier, Équiterres climate policy analyst, told Canadas National Observer.
The newly adopted law will end petroleum exploration and production as well as the public financing of those activities in Quebec. It passed only one week after the federal government approved a new oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador despite a recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that found there is no place for new fossil fuel infrastructure in a climate-safe future.
For a jurisdiction within Canada which is among the top five oil producers worldwide to forgo the industry as part of its current and future economy immediately after the federal government indicated it will continue to pursue fossil fuel expansion sends a really powerful signal, said Caroline Brouillette, national policy manager for Climate Action Network Canada.
Last year, Quebec joined the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, a group of countries, provinces and states committed to ending new fossil fuel exploration. Membership also means jurisdictions must take action to phase out oil and gas by taking steps like ending fossil fuel subsidies. It is the first member of the alliance to pass legislation ending oil and gas exploration and production.
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Citizens officially win fight to ban oil and gas development in Quebec (Original Post)
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Apr 2022
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KPN
(15,701 posts)1. Can I move to Quebec?
Disaffected
(4,602 posts)2. So then, when are they (Quebec)
going to stop importing fossil fuels??
Not soon I suspect.
applegrove
(119,214 posts)3. They have big hydro. And some of Labrador's hydro they get to sell.
They are in an enviable position. Good for them for recognizing and leading the way.