When the only way to get real news about your country is to leave it... (I know that isn't true of the US -- ie, the best journalism about America is still made by Americans -- but what a telling development.)

This gives me so much hope.

👀👀👀

When Carney became prime minister, many in the climate community (and beyond) wondered if he understood politics as well as he did $$. Turns out that was the wrong thing to worry about. My latest for @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/no-matter-wh...

This guy...this team... this thread👇

“We are driving a dagger straight into the heart of the climate change religion.” EPA Director Lee Zeldin on March 12. Every so often this Administration does keep a promise.

Will BC Conservatives double down on climate denial and all its related conspiracies? Or will they return to the middle ground their predecessors occupied for decades? By no coincidence, their federal counterparts are weighing the exact same question, @arnokopecky.bsky.social writes.

It's no coincidence that the volatility of extreme weather has come to characterize our politics. Exhibit A: BC, currently being clobbered by atmospheric rivers, record warmth, and a Conservative Party that's became a hurricane in search of an eye. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/17/o...

Isn’t this old news? I reported on it back in May…and it wasn’t a scoop then. They’ve been advertising this (and much more) since day one.

"By the time she says, “I think that actually upholds democracy,” the listener has already been guided there emotionally. Alarm, in this environment, sounds irrational." Brilliant analysis of Canada's most persuasive politician, from @markhamhislop.bsky.social A master-class in rhetoric.

People love their pendulums www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

"Petrakis remains a fan of Mutinni despite now knowing that it is an AI-powered business run by a Pakistani consultant on behalf of a Toronto rapper with the goal of convincing conspiracy theorists to buy T-shirts." What's stranger, truth or fiction? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/08/i...

Amazing work here by @rorywh.bsky.social: an AI slop factory churning out thousands of videos and posts on everything from climate denial to lizard people is, essentially, just going where the money is now. Rory tracked down the Canadian rapper running the page.

"The energy sector really likes this deal. Everything we’re hearing is that it’s Christmas come early for that sector." I'm late to this great @stewartprest.ca & @cstarnino.bsky.social chat, but struck by this comment. Says everything one needs to know about the MOU. thewalrus.ca/alberta-bc-p...

A huge irony of Canada's petro-obsession is that it blinds us from the very opportunity it prepares us for. Our Oil and Gas nation is very good at drilling! The CEO of Eavor (featured in this story) spent 36 years in O&G prior to geothermal.

Feds are getting absolutely raked over the coals on this MOU and appear to have no idea of the legal buzz saw they are strolling into. Just like Enbridge & Harper 15 years ago. Total confidence in the face of disaster. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

One Indigenous lawyer: “I guarantee there will be litigation" over a new pipeline. So what happens when there is? @arnokopecky.bsky.social reports

The political debate around questions of Indigenous consultation and consent is heading for a court room. People speak a different language in there. Suddenly, words matter and have meaning. Got to speak with some legal legends for this one... www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/05/a...

"We can't build these expensive gold-plated projects that cost billions and billions of dollars more than they should have cost because we're moving anthills and birds' nests and digging up bones along the way." -BMO Capital Markets director nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/28/c...

Investors Won’t Back Northwest Pipeline with B.C., First Nations Opposed: CIBC www.theenergymix.com/investors-wo...

First of all, one of the reporters on that story was in the Army infantry in Iraq

"For the past decade, we had a federal government that treated a foundational aspect of our economy as a problem and an embarrassment." ? That government literally bought and built an oil pipeline. It still presently owns said pipeline. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

"To investors, Carney was waving a red flag, practically screaming that profits were at risk if global temperatures continue to rise. Nowhere in that speech are “people” mentioned." @woodsideful.bsky.social takes a second look at Carney's climate fight www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/a...

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.

Yup, I think @arnokopecky.bsky.social pretty much captures it here: How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...

"How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it," writes @arnokopecky.bsky.social

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

this team!

One can agree or disagree with the reasons for his decision, but I hope everyone can see the value of politicians standing by their convictions in this way. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Anyone else miss Justin Trudeau just a wee bit today?

I think my favourite line in the press release is: "The cleanest heavy oil on the planet"

As we wait for the Ottawa/AB MOU to drop -- there's a related, hopeful story unfolding just north of that pipeline everyone's talking about. Over 7 million hectares of primo BC wilderness are on the brink of permanent protection. That's a Major Project, too. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...

Alberta's UCP is "making this a national unity issue, if they don't get a pipeline. Well, what about everyone in Canada who cares about climate?" When your EIC is also a great journalist. @jameswsthomson.com discusses relevant experience with McKenna www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...

First ray of hope from Carney during QP today, on the pipeline chronicles: "We believe that BC has to agree. We believe that First Nation rights holders have to agree." MOU with Alberta is creating "necessary but not sufficient conditions." The entire Conservative caucus is losing its mind on X.

A rando cool thing I learned while reporting this: There's no such thing as cold! There's only heat, & heat's absence. You can push heat into a space. To cool it down, you suck the heat out. eg - an ice cube doesn't project cold into your glass of water. Instead, it absorbs the whiskey's warmth.

Thread👇

Ever heard of district energy? It's coming...or is it already here? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/n...

Engaging with this over on that other site is like one-way ticket to the asylum

Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.

Excellent antidote to depression here.

Look forward to hearing all those who cite the majority of Canadians wanting a pipeline engage with this poll, too.

Ellis Ross's position is one of the more quietly fascinating aspects of this story...

!!

Geothermal, baby. Another one that’s slipped through Canada’s nation-building, deep-drilling cracks…so far.

So this was fun. News broke just before we went live that Carney and Smith are on the brink of reaching a pipeline deal that may (or may not!) include lifting the tanker ban. This is me processint in real time, with Real Talk @ryanjespersen.bsky.social 👇

Crikey

Lots of folks hating on May for voting yes on the budget. But she extracted a super-public, verbal commitment from Carney to honour Paris commitments, & made climate policy a big part of the news cycle. Seems like effective leveraging — esp given the budget was gonna pass no matter what.

What a delight to be selected as a Messenger of Biodiversity for the second year running. Huge thanks to the Sitka Foundation for this generous gift. By believing in the power of journalism, you increase the power of journalism. Big congrats to my fellow Fellows - fine company! LFG!

"It is not apparent how much the president of the United States sleeps.” - Mark Carney on Trump. "Hitler stays up late and sleeps badly, which I fear is the world's misfortune." - William Shirer on the other guy. www.thestar.com/politics/the...