Russian invasion not a reason to extract more oil or build new pipelines to the U.S.

The invasion of Ukraine must be a call to accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels. They are a source of instability in the world, a volatile commodity, and too often linked to war and conflict.
A view of the oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2012. Suggesting that Canadian crude make up the market gap of Russian oil is remarkably uninformed about the realities of oil production and oil markets, writes Tim Gray.
Now that the United States has banned Russian oil, several Canadian politicians and oil and gas CEOs are pushing for increasing exports of Canadian oil and gas to the U.S., and calling for the revival of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. It’s absurd. And trying to capitalize on this tragedy...

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