Batteries are amazing.

What is it they say in the Bible? “Let he who hasn’t accepted a $50,000 bag of cash in exchange for promising government contracts cast the first stone”

America is going to invade Venezuela because the President doesn't understand the meaning of asylum.

This graph by @leraffl.bsky.social tells quite the story. A near term rise in PHEV (peaking in 2027) and a sustained rise in BEV has Chinese ICE sales projected to go to near zero (~3%) by 2030.

The US Administration’s explicit policy is to coerce Canada to give up its existence and be forcibly absorbed as a possession of the United States. The chief US diplomat there now finds anti-American sentiment—and this is his exact word— “unexpected”.

1939

The number of times an aspiring authoritarian was stopped through capitulation remains 0

Hey Elon. I have some clients for you.

ah, well

“The international community cannot stay silent on the genocidal campaign launched by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza. “When clear signs and evidence of genocide emerge, the absence of action to stop it amounts to complicity.” @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social

Doesn’t get much better than this… Mount Assiniboine, BC 🇨🇦

This chart is wild. Near vertical direction on solar capacity globally, led by China. And as Ember notes in a new report today, that trend is accelerating with nearly 400GW new capacity in first 6 months of 2025.

In 2019 (see article), the largest US westcoast coal port made it near impossible to export thermal coal off the US westcoast. Where did all that thermal coal go? Through Canada. Is it time to reconsider whether trans-shipping US thermal coal is the best use for Canada's limited port space?

Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post. Start: 1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!

Westshore Terminals, just south of Vancouver BC, long a major export port for metallurgical (steel-making) coal sourced from Southeast BC, is now predominantly handling thermal coal sourced from the US.

Canada may get cheap Chinese EVs because of cooking oil – here’s why

Employees of a major South Korean battery maker were among those swept up in an immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia on Thursday, the manufacturer, LG Energy Solution, said. Hundreds of people have been apprehended.

Would be an interesting twist of fate if the govt’s response to the industry-pushed mandate-pause would be to drop the 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs. Would certainly boost EV sales with cheaper EVs on offer to get Canada back in track, and likely drop the retaliatory canola and other tariffs.

💡 New Transmission Paper alert 💡 “Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets” just went live in Nature Communications! Kudos especially to Julie Mulvaney Kemp for getting this work to the finish line. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Striking difference in trends between electricity transmission and gas pipelines.

We at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social are excited to announce a new PhD program in Global Environmental Policy, accepting applications this fall for Sept 2026 start. We're looking for folks with interest in social sciences, data science, and enviro science and who have strong quant training 1/

A little slice of France, just off the coast of Newfoundland. #StPierre

Don’t see this everyday!

"The Trump Administration … will not tolerate any action that increases costs for our citizens, energy providers, shipping companies and their customers, or tourists" Umm, let me tell you about tariffs… www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

St John’s from Signal Hill Scene looks serene but an evacuation order was just issued on 20,000 people 17km out of town for an uncontrolled fire… 😳

Newfoundland 🔥

‘Berta friends: don’t forget that today’s the day you can pre-order your COVID vaccine. bookvaccine.alberta.ca/vaccine/s/pr...

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

I am so embarrassed for humanity. We had this disease eradicated. The process of keeping it that way was SO SIMPLE. And because of a bunch of idiots, and bunch of grifters making public health into an ideological football, here we are. Just a faceplant. A completely unforced error.

I don’t care what this adds to Canada’s deficit. Fund those scientists up here. Build whatever they need.

We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death

Attention Climate Solutions Scholars! @uvic.ca seeks its next Canada Excellence Research Chair 🇨🇦: www.uvic.ca/research-inn... You: world class scholar, looking to make a move Us: #5 in world for climate action, collegial, stunning location (B.C.) w award-winning climate policy Pls share widely!

Some dudes would rather start a nuclear war than release the Epstein files or talk about their jobs report

American friends: Your President is giving you the gears about fentanyl and tariffs.

With fentanyl-from-Canada back in the news, a quick note: Canada is not a major source of fentanyl to the US.

I grew up 5 mins from the border. In high school we used to go down there for late night breakfast at Denny’s. I have many Americans I call friends. The Trump era will eventually pass but this feeling of betrayal won’t for me and I’d say most Cdns. Our relationship with the US is forever changed.

It’s become one of those regimes

Trump says Canada backing Palestinian statehood jeopardizes U.S. trade deal he was gonna break anyway

Motherfucking wind farms…

Hey look guys, we made the NY Times!

$34,000M for the first 900k barrels. $20M for the next 300k barrels. If this isn’t a go, no pipeline’s a go. (Also, let’s add a spur line to Robert’s Bank and convert the (US) coal port there to at least export Cdn oil instead) www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Pipeline news: Can we call this TMXXL? www.reuters.com/business/ene...

I've been getting a lot of requests for comments on the DOE report "A critical review of the impact of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions on the U.S. climate". Here are some initial thoughts. More will come later.

Canada, and the rest of the world, needs to actively look beyond the US for trade, and do so quickly. If the US wants autarky, and the economic harm it will bring, let them have it.

Political Science at Western University, Canada is searching for three tenure track assistant professors. There are two ads, one in International Politics (IR or comparative) and one in Comparative or Canadian. Ads are here: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

BC announces another call for clean power, this time for 5,000 GWh annually. www.myprincegeorgenow.com/233823/news/...

“It's clear that the commitment to buy $250 billion in U.S. energy is completely unrealistic and unachievable. The smart people in the room must know this, begging the question as to why agree to what is obviously a ridiculous number?” cc: @roryjohnston.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/ene...