Whistler wants to bill Alberta oil and gas company for climate change expenses.

The municipality of Whistler, B.C., is asking the oil and gas industry to pay its “fair share” by chipping in for budget costs related to climate change.

Whistler B.C. wants fossil fuel companies to pay their "fair
share" by chipping in for costs related to climate change.

In a letter addressed to Calgary-based Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. dated Nov. 15, Whistler Mayor Jack Crompton said the town’s taxpayers “are paying 100 per cent of the costs” associated with climate change events such as “drought, flooding, and extreme weather.”

He’s asking CNRL to pay in to “the costs of climate change being experienced by Whistler,” including the municipalities’ “$1.4 million investment in community wildfire protection activities” for 2018.

“As a town with a population of less than 15,000 people, this is a significant cost to bear along with costs associated with impacts to winter and summer sports tourism,” he said in the letter.

Read the story from the Calgary Herald by Ryan Rumbolt - “Whistler wants to bill Alberta oil and gas company for climate change expenses.”

The West Coast Will Determine the Fate of the Fossil Fuel Industry

America's West Coast to play a critical
role in the future of fossil fuels.

Despite a string of victories in the last few years limiting the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure on the West Coast, Donald Trump’s presidency shows it was never going to be easy to defeat the oil and gas industry.

In two months, Trump has moved to revive the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipeline routes that had been blocked by the Obama administration, expedite environmental reviews for infrastructure projects, and reverse fuel efficiency standards for automobiles. He is expected to reverse environmental regulation policies established under President Obama, including the Clean Power Plan, and will not likely adhere to the commitments of the Paris Climate Agreement.

Read the Yes! Magazine story - “The West Coast Will Determine the Fate of the Fossil Fuel Industry.”