Althia Raj/Toronto Star: On Monday, coincidentally the first day of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 31) in Antalya, Turkey, the Carney government confirmed it is considering “potentially lifting the current moratorium on Arctic offshore oil and gas exploration in the Western Arctic” — a move two former environment ministers urged it to reconsider.
“Not only are there huge climate implications and the Arctic is warming … faster than the rest of the planet,” said former environment minister Catherine McKenna from Antalya, “but the impact of a spill would be catastrophic in the Arctic. That’s why the moratorium was there — because there is no way to clean up a spill in the Arctic. The technology doesn’t exist…