A high-stakes electricity strategy is in the works, and Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will soon seek premiers' input as provinces and territories jostle for major infrastructure support.

Hundreds of workers responsible for pollution prevention, weather forecasting, conservation and environmental disaster response are set to be cut from ECCC as Prime Minister Mark Carney's government takes a chainsaw to the public service.

After dismantling many of the climate policies put in place by the previous government, Mark Carney has quietly directed his government to craft a national electricity strategy. Expect PCO clerk Michael Sabia, the former Hydro-Quebec exec, to be heavily involved.

Carney’s speech at Davos today was a clear articulation of what we called the Carney method in a piece published yesterday. It’s a great unravelling from the United States, and the world order it set to dominate others. But tests for the strategy are here — and we don’t yet know how far he will go

Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples. From our colleagues at @grist.org:

Carney is betting on ad-hoc alliances to circumvent the US led world order, setting a new foreign policy for Canada that could run head-first into the Trump doctrine. The Carney method is an opportunity to unravel, and Greenland is an immediate test for how far he is willing to go.

Very useful piece from @woodsideful.bsky.social. Tim Hodgson's briefing materials reveal points of leverage and opportunities for collaboration, offering an unprecedented view into the complex terrain of major project negotiations. It shows what the provinces and territories want most.

Coastal First Nation leaders remain opposed to a new pipeline, and said Carney in the closed door meeting said he will seek free, prior and informed consent... but with political pressure ramping up on him (and his own apparent pipeline interest) very unclear how this will shake out.

Wild find from @cloelogan.bsky.social: A freedom of information request reveals the province’s PR budget for the Ring of Fire with money spent on TV, radio, newspapers and more — including nearly $60,000 for “additional costs as a result of eliminating shoe scene from TV spot.”

Amber Bracken & The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for wrongfully arresting and detaining her while on assignment and violating both her and the publication’s Charter rights in a high-stakes press freedom case set to unfold over the course of five weeks via @natashabulowski.bsky.social

Tim Hodgson's briefing materials reveal points of leverage and opportunities for collaboration, offering an unprecedented view into the complex terrain of major project negotiations.  @woodsideful.bsky.social reports on what the provinces and territories want most.

The case has the potential to produce something journalists in Canada have long sought: a clear, unambiguous message to police about the rights of journalists in covering matters of public importance. Via @arnokopecky.bsky.social

As the federal major projects agenda ramps up, we obtained Tim Hodgson's briefing materials, offering an unprecedented view into the complex terrain of negotiations. Here are what the provinces and territories want most.

Scotiabank isn't the only one poised to profit. Canadian banks have billions invested in the US oil companies set to takeover Venezuela's industry.

CBC employees’ union dues indirectly funded the same firm calling for their jobs to be eliminated. Likewise, the firm behind Canada Proud — one of Canada’s leading critics of public broadcasting — ran a campaign on behalf of CBC workers. Stunning finding from @rorywh.bsky.social

Any global crisis will have the fossil fuel industry and its allies pushing more oil and gas, but nothing about the US's takeover of Venezuela changes the long term forecast for oil demand or the climate science demanding an energy transition.

The second editorial the Globe has written in the two days since the Venezuela invasion, both using the invasion to push the case for a new pipeline — as if a change in international politics changes anything about oil's long-term future or the Canadian Constitution.

It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.

In theory, industrial carbon pricing is a workhorse climate policy for Canada. But a fractured regulatory landscape and some provinces' hostility to the policy is undermining it and now the feds are looking to make changes.

This year, Ontario Premier Doug Ford decided that the province would no longer be required to make and hit climate targets. It’s just one of many climate rollbacks from his government this year. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/31/n...

“Climate-related disasters caused severe economic harm in 2025, with the 10 most costly responsible for damage exceeding €100 billion.” The true costs are MUCH higher & rising fast. They want us to think we can’t afford to change to address the #ClimateCrisis. The truth is we can’t afford NOT to.

Step 1. Use AI to generate glossy conspiracy videos about climate change and Health Canada at scale Step 2. Monetize in a Shopify store selling merch Read my latest investigation into why conspiracy-commerce businesses are the logical endpoint of attention economy.

It has been so gratifying to work with the incredible staff at @nationalobserver.com as EIC this year. I published this letter to our readers and supporters to document some of the impact we had this year and plans for 2026. Some highlights:

Anything that leads to more fossil fuels coming out of the ground is bad news.

A new report on Canadian LNG and oil exports rests on highly questionable assumptions about the global emissions impacts of these fuels and lacks transparency on the modelling inputs used. Here’s a brief explainer 🧵⬇️ ppforum.ca/publications...

The Centre for Future Work released new research today (from me & Kathy Bennett) documenting ongoing decline in direct fossil fuel employment in Canada (due to corporate disemployment, not climate policy) and how it can be better managed: centreforfuturework.ca/2025/12/07/t... #canlab #cdnecon /2

Employment in oil and gas is in terminal decline and won’t be saved no matter what Carney and Smith cook up, according to new research from the Centre for Future Work provided exclusively to @nationalobserver.com. The only responsible choice for governments is to plan for the transition.

Next week the Centre for Future Work releases a new study on employment transitions in the fossil fuel sector. It's shed 38K jobs since 2014, more to come. Learn more at this webinar: "Effective Transitions for FF Workers": Wed. Dec. 10 1pm ET. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi.... #canlab /2

"We have zero interest in co-ownership or economic benefits of a project that has the potential to destroy our way of life and everything we have built on the coast," says Heiltsuk Nation elected Chief Marilyn Slett

NEW: Hundreds of public servants are being let go at federal agencies that monitor climate risks, @natashabulowski.bsky.social reports

The Ford government has stripped protection from parts of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park to sell the land for redevelopment — despite thousands of public objections from critics who say it puts sensitive ecosystems and endangered species at risk. @matinsarfraz.bsky.social for @nationalobserver.com

Thanks to Front Burner and @jaymepoisson.bsky.social for having @maxfawcett.bsky.social and myself on to sort through what to make of Carney’s climate retreats. Crucial topic right now.

Had fun on CBC Front Burner chatting with my colleague @woodsideful.bsky.social and Jayme Poisson about the MOU heard 'round the country -- and whether Mark Carney is a climate friend or foe. Listen here: www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.

Ignored since the federal election, an arms-length expert body set up to advise the federal government on the energy transition is collapsing. The latest pipeline agreement between Canada and Alberta representing the final straw for two members. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports

Steven Guilbeault tells @woodsideful.bsky.social about his decision to leave cabinet over the pipeline deal: “When the agreement came out someone texted me saying, ‘The only thing missing from the agreement is Pierre Poilievre's signature,’ and I went yeah, I think that sums it up."

In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.

Breaking: Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs write to 40+ banks, pensions & credit agencies calling on them to not finance or invest in Ksi Lisims #LNG project in BC, Canada - warn of financial, legal and environmental risks. Letter endorsed by 125 NGOs. #greensky www.gitanyowchiefs.com/news/gitanyo...

The MoU was not required for the federal government to alter the benchmarks on its OBPS. It was not required for the implementation of the Clean Electricity Regulations. It is a canard to say there was a serious quid pro quo for federal support for another bitumen pipeline.

Concluding, @chrishatch.bsky.social: "Let's keep in mind that this is a life or death question now for millions of people around the world, and that this isn't something to be measured in grams of carbon or barrels, but lives and livelihoods."

@chrishatch.bsky.social: "Carney has loosed the monsters across the land with this one; we're going to be arguing about pipelines and expanding fossil fuel production for years. And it was unnecessary."

Today @juliedabrusin.bsky.social was grilled on the Canada-Alberta MOU and would not say whether a new oil pipeline would increase emissions. Is she terrified of the PMO? How hard is it to acknowledge reality and try to spin it along the lines of 'yes so we'll have to find GHG cuts elsewhere'

The way to read the Canada-Alberta MOU is that Carney is using the Trump effect as political cover to pursue the deregulatory agenda he’s long wanted. I spoke with @naomiaklein.bsky.social who called it a classic example of the shock doctrine.

‘Carney doesn’t actually want a pipeline or think one will get built, he’s just a duplicitous weasel’ is not the defence you think it is.

This gets at the fundamentally flawed approach of the federal government: they are trying to find a policy solution to an identity problem. It is part of the polarized, populist identity to be opposed to an Ottawa and Liberal Canada are not them. No policy will change that, as TMX revealed.

The Pathways Alliance project would inevitably be a massive boondoggle if it ever gets built. It’s only purpose is to greenwash the oil industry and deceive Canadians into thinking we can be a clean petrostate.

Here's video of that moment, accompanied by a few WOWs from @davidwcochrane.bsky.social and me bsky.app/profile/saro...

This is extremely worth your time to read. From the fight ahead to the wins the oil patch has already secured, @arnokopecky.bsky.social sums it up perfectly.

A long, ugly battle has just been set in motion. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...