Andrew Nikiforuk explains why changing government body names to exclude “oil and gas” and instead include words like “energy” makes all the difference for industrial interests.

The BC Oil and Gas Commission, after allowing fossil fuel companies to build a series of illegal dams to hold water for fracking, will change its name to BC Energy Regulator.

“Plastic words in the mouths of experts and politicians not only blind people to shifts in power, but make a state of continuous disruption seem natural.”

By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.

Link to the story, published on March 1, 2023:

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/01/How-Plastic-Words-Mask-Reality/