{"id":1374120,"date":"2022-03-13T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1374120"},"modified":"2022-03-13T10:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T14:11:18","slug":"canadian-broadcaster-complains-ukraine-war-distracts-from-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-broadcaster-complains-ukraine-war-distracts-from-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Broadcaster Complains Ukraine War &#039;Distracts&#039; from Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanadian-broadcaster-complains-ukraine-war-distracts-from-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1374120&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Canadian public broadcaster CBC has lamented that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine may \u201cdistract\u201d the general public from the issues of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/ukraine-russia-climate-change-1.6380414\">opinion article<\/a> entitled \u2018The war in Ukraine Threatens to Distract us From the Climate Crisis\u2019, CBC writer\u00a0Aaron Wherry complained that \u201cclimate action isn\u2019t something governments can set aside when it\u2019s inconvenient.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine does not change the\u00a0fact\u00a0of climate change,\u201d Wherry intoned, noting that a Canadian mayor had called on the federal government not to increase the Canadian federal carbon tax as energy prices soar in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Wherry also noted that Canada could be in a good position to provide liquified natural gas (LNG) and oil to Europe, which is largely reliant on Russian exports, but insisted \u201cpipelines aren\u2019t the answer\u201d regarding a conservative proposal to build an eastern pipeline to export LNG to Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[B]uilding a pipeline is easier said than done \u2014 and even in an ideal scenario it doesn\u2019t seem like a short-term solution,\u201d Wherry insisted, concluding by saying that \u201cThe war in Ukraine is profoundly\u00a0important. But the battle against climate change still has to be fought.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany Ignores Looming Energy Crisis, to Close All Nuclear Power Plants <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAFTPsILJD\">https:\/\/t.co\/kAFTPsILJD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1501925043743436802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wherry is not the only member of the mainstream media to compare the war in Ukraine to climate change. Last week, in the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em> newspaper, letters editor\u00a0Paul Thornton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/newsletter\/2022-03-05\/opinion-newsletter-ukraine-climate-change-opinion\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cThe Biden administration and the rest of us have the capacity to address both crises vigorously while acknowledging that the gratuitous death and disruption inflicted on 44 million Ukrainians pose graver immediate consequences for a lot of people right now, whereas climate change looms over every problem faced by humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>POLITICO<\/em> has also suggested links between the war in Ukraine and climate change, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/link-vladimir-putin-climate-change-russia-ukraine\/\">stating<\/a>: \u201cThe war in Ukraine is tied to the climate crisis in multiple ways. The aggressor is a petrostate whose long-term economic future depends on slow action to cut emissions. Europe\u2019s dependence on Russian oil and gas is driving rival conversations about accelerating clean energy and exploring new, alternative sources for fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shell Abandons Russian Oil and Gas: Shutters All Outlets in Country <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fQfnzzSDVu\">https:\/\/t.co\/fQfnzzSDVu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1501251399547604997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian public broadcaster CBC has lamented that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine may \u201cdistract\u201d the general public from the issues of climate change. 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