Canada is proposing to lead on climate – but it’s doubling down on oil

Despite climate-friendly plans, the government’s controversial decision to take over the Trans Mountain pipeline made it one of world’s biggest promoters of fossil fuel projects

• ‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?

Like all major rivers winding through the country, Canada’s most controversial oil pipeline is destined for the ocean.

The Trans Mountain pipeline crosses two provinces, threads a national park in the Rocky Mountains, dips underneath bodies of water and passes through dozens of First Nations communities before terminating at a sprawling oil storage facility on the verdant shores of the Pacific.