{"id":22333,"date":"2016-12-24T20:02:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T01:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=22333"},"modified":"2016-12-24T20:02:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T01:02:51","slug":"arctic-drilling-ban-reveals-crucial-difference-between-obama-and-trudeau-on-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=22333","title":{"rendered":"Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"page-title\" class=\"page__title title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/2016\/12\/23\/arctic-drilling-ban-reveals-crucial-difference-between-obama-and-trudeau-climate\">Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate<\/a><\/h3>\n<article class=\"node-11321 node node-blog view-mode-full clearfix\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"submitted desktop-only\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.desmogblog.com\/sites\/beta.desmogblog.com\/files\/styles\/full_width_blog_image\/public\/blogimages\/Trudeau%20Obama%20Arctic%20Drilling%20Climate.jpg?itok=8HSBA4Xi\" alt=\"\" width=\"826\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"horizontal-social-bar horizontal-social-bar-top clearfix\">The historic\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/obama-ban-offshore-drilling-arctic-atlantic-1.3905384\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a>\u00a0by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil and\u00a0gas 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\u00a0climate.<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>But the difference between how the White House and the Prime Minister\u2019s Office<a href=\"http:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/eng\/news\/2016\/11\/30\/prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-pipeline-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0explained<\/a>\u00a0this announcement reveals a major rift between the leaders in their understanding of how to address the climate\u00a0threat.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of November, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau failed a key test of his understanding of what is required to stop climate change by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2016\/11\/29\/liberals-approve-trans-mountain-line-3-pipeline-projects.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0approving<\/a>\u00a0the Kinder Morgan and Line 3 pipelines. During his<a href=\"http:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/eng\/news\/2016\/11\/30\/prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-pipeline-announcement\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0speech<\/a>\u00a0he defended his\u00a0actions:<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>I have said many times that there isn\u2019t a country in the world that would find billions of barrels of oil and leave it in the ground while there is a market for\u00a0it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But just weeks later, the\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">U.S.<\/span>\u00a0did exactly that. As part of President Obama\u2019s announcement to permanently ban oil and gas development in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, the White House released a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/sites\/doi.gov\/files\/uploads\/2016_arctic_withdrawal_fact_sheet_for_release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0fact sheet<\/a>\u00a0explaining its justification.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"dquo\">\u201c<\/span>\u2026if lease sales were to occur and production take place, it would be at a time when the scientific realities of climate change dictate that the United States and the international community must be transitioning its energy systems away from fossil\u00a0fuels.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In essence, the White House is saying that further offshore oil and gas development in these areas fails a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/priceofoil.org\/2016\/12\/21\/president-obama-just-applied-the-climate-test-to-arctic-drilling\/\" target=\"_blank\">climate test<\/a>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0that these projects aren\u2019t in line with the action needed to meet international goals to fight climate change. This is a crucial signal that President Obama and his team are finally beginning to understand that action to restrict the supply of fossil fuels is ultimately required to reach a safe climate\u00a0future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arctic Drilling Ban Reveals Crucial Difference Between Obama and Trudeau on Climate The historic\u00a0announcement\u00a0by President Obama and Prime Minister Trudeau that both countries would ban oil and\u00a0gas 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\u00a0climate. 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