One way to dig ourselves out of the COVID-19 recession is to build more pipelines, some oil and gas executives say. Human rights violationForemost, though, is continuing to push pipelines through, as current Indigenous consent stands, would be a human rights violation. It is also prudent to consider the social cost of carbon to Canada, to marginalized communities and to communities of colour. The social cost of carbon is a way to put a dollar figure to the damage that climate change is causing. What's more, Canada is warming at two times the average pace globally — implying a higher social cost than the global average.

Source: CBC News June 21, 2020 09:56 UTC