By Adam Scott for Oil Change International.
he historic announcement by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil & gas development in Arctic and Atlantic waters was a major victory to protect our oceans and the people who depend on them, and a real victory for our climate.
But the difference between how the White House and the Prime Minister’s Office explained this announcement reveals a major rift between the leaders in their understanding of how to address the climate threat.
At the end of November, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed a key test of his (Read more…) of what is required to stop climate change by approving the Kinder Morgan and Line 3 pipelines. During his speech he defended his actions: