{"id":48104,"date":"2025-04-03T10:31:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/?p=48104"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:43:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:43:46","slug":"new-analysis-from-environmental-defence-reveals-fossil-fuel-costs-to-public-and-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/2025\/04\/03\/new-analysis-from-environmental-defence-reveals-fossil-fuel-costs-to-public-and-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Our New Analysis Reveals Fossil Fuel Costs to the Public and Government"},"content":{"rendered":"
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, SKEENA WATERSHED CONSERVATION COALITION, WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEF<\/p>\n
Pipeline Push Ignores Fossil Fuel Costs to Public, Government, and Energy Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n New analysis from Environmental Defence reveals that in 2024, the Government of Canada provided nearly $30 billion in direct subsidies and public financing to oil and gas companies and projects<\/em><\/p>\n Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People \u2013 A new analysis released today by Environmental Defence reveals Canada\u2019s federal government provided at least $29.6 billion<\/strong> to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries in 2024 alone \u2013 a massive amount of taxpayer money that went towards making it cheaper to find, extract, process, transport, and export fossil fuels and their derivatives.<\/p>\n \u201cOil and gas companies \u2013 emboldened by their influence over President Trump \u2013 are exploiting the current economic uncertainty to call on governments to double down on fossil fuels by expanding pipelines and other projects and finding new export markets,\u201d said Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate. \u201cThis push ignores the fact that fossil fuels come at a high price \u2014 not just at the pump, but through rising costs of groceries, worsening health outcomes, damage to property and huge government handouts. It also ignores the rapid energy transition towards renewable energy that is happening globally.\u201d<\/p>\n “Canada is putting billions into oil and gas, knowing that they can’t make a profit\u201d, said Chief Na\u2019Moks, Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Hereditary Chief. \u201cThe government funding goes straight to the company’s shareholders and wealthy executives, meanwhile, it’s Canadians and the world who pay the high price of living with climate change and disasters funded by Canada.”<\/p>\n Key findings from the analysis:<\/p>\n According to Gwii Lok\u2019im Gibuu \/ Jesse Stoeppler, Co-Executive Director at the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, “the majority of financial support has gone to an outdated, decades-old fossil fuel pipeline project. The LNG industry, in particular, is so drawn to this country because government after government continues to socialize the costs while privatizing the profits.”<\/p>\n \u201cThis is Canada\u2019s time to forge our own future based on our own values,\u201d said Levin. \u201cBy scaling up renewable energy projects and building our national electricity grid, we could put thousands of Canadians to work, build our energy security and provide affordable energy for all. Canadians should be very wary of calls for new pipelines: it\u2019s taxpayers who end up paying the price for new fossil fuel infrastructure as foreign-owned companies and wealthy shareholders reap the rewards.\u201d<\/p>\n Read the full analysis here.<\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE<\/strong> (environmentaldefence.ca): Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian advocacy organization that works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities.<\/p>\n \u2013 30 \u2013<\/p>\n For more information or to request an interview, please contact:<\/p>\n Midhat Moini, Environmental Defence, media@environmentaldefence.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Jen Wickham, Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en Hereditary Chief, yintahaccess@gmail.com<\/p>\n Stephanie O\u2019Neill, Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, stephanie@skeenawatershed.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, SKEENA WATERSHED CONSERVATION COALITION, WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEF Pipeline Push Ignores Fossil Fuel Costs to Public, Government, and Energy Trends New analysis from…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":48101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[634,1918,1320,628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change","category-fossil-fuel-subsidies-climate-change","category-fossil-fuel-subsidies","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n