WATCH: John Vaillant Testifies to Parliament on Oil Industr

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WATCH: John Vaillant Testifies to Parliament on Oil Industry as a Fire Industry

Oct 16, 2023 - 5 Minutes

EXCERPT: "The oil industry is a fire industry. It is a CO2 industry. it is a climate changing industry. Big Oil knew the threat of fossil fuel burning and suppressed the evidence. The result is staggering levels of climate fire. Temperatures in the Fort Mac fire hit 500 degrees celsius (hotter than Venus).

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjeuEsJHwOA ]

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ANGUS: "The curious case of Suncor boss Rich Kruger

By Charlie Angus - Opinion - National Observer - September 18, 2023 - PAYWALL

EXCERPT: "Suncor CEO Rich Kruger is feeling the heat. Not from the catastrophic wildfires, the thousands forced from their homes or even the toxic fumes of a climate catastrophe spreading across North America. . . . ."

[ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/0 ... ich-kruger ]

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Canada has third highest global rate of new childhood asthma cases from traffic pollution

By Damian Carrington - National Observer - April 11, 2019 (PAYWALL)

EXCERPT: "Toronto and Canada have both found themselves near the top of troubling lists of jurisdictions with high rates of new childhood asthma cases due to pollution from . . . . "

[ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2019/0 ... -pollution ]

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REPORT: Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds

QUOTE: "Research suggests 41,800 premature US deaths in 2024 were attributable to road pollution"

- Dharna Noor - June 29, 2026 - The Guardian . . . .

EXCERPT: "Roughly five Americans die every hour due to exposure to toxic road vehicle pollution, a new study has found.
It’s the latest warning showing fossil-fueled transit is a major driver of mortality.

In 2024 alone, the study found, more 41,800 premature deaths in the US were attributable to road pollution. . . . ."

[ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -pollution ]

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He floated banning fossil fuel ads in Canada. Then came the threats.

QUOTE: "MP Charlie Angus says his proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act is designed to take on "the lies" of oil and gas, in much the same way parliament zeroed in on Big Tobacco decades ago."

- by Natalie Alcoba - May 13, 2024 - Corporate Knights

EXCERPT: "The backlash told Charlie Angus he was on to something. In February, the long-time member of Parliament unveiled what is arguably the most aggressive attempt to date to combat greenwashing in Canada: a private member’s bill to ban misleading fossil fuel advertising.

The criticism and attacks roared in from Freedom Convoy leaders, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who slammed it as “censorship.” For two weeks, Angus’s office was inundated with calls from people hurling slurs at him and threatening death – including vows to force crude oil down his throat.

“When I saw that kind of reaction I thought, well now we’re in a moment where, for the first time, we’re really taking on the lies of oil and gas in Canada,” he says.

Similar to Canada’s ban on tobacco advertising that was enacted in 1989, Angus’s proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Act [ https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/4 ... st-reading ] ties the massive advertising budgets that promote oil and gas to the issue of human health. . . . . . "

[ https://corporateknights.com/climate/fo ... lie-angus/ ]