On April 11, 2026, Tzeporah Berman, Chair of the Fossil Fuel Treaty, leading Canadian climate champion, and G78 ally, wrote in The Globe and Mail that against a backdrop of shocks in oil and gas markets triggered by the Iran war, “in the middle of this instability, our governments are not retreating from fossil fuels. They are doubling down. For years, (she)… studied the influence of fossil fuel interests on political systems. (She)… read about ‘petrostates,’ countries where oil and gas wealth distorts decision-making, concentrates power and overrides long-term public interest. It has been striking to watch these dynamics take hold in Canada, and especially where (she) live(s) in British Columbia, in real time.” She provides a more personal take on these issues in her associated LinkedIn post, which you can read here.
