I'm genuinely flummoxed as to how anyone is talking about a "grand bargain" while the Alberta government and the oil industry is actively opposed to the federal carbon price on industrial emissions. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Meanwhile, Enbridge’s CEO just called again (during a speech in Toronto) for industrial pricing to end, which is another reminder that the oil and gas industry is not serious about carbon capture, and Carney will need to play hardball if he is.

"As rights & title holders, we must inform Premier Smith once again that there is no support from Coastal First Nations for a pipeline & oil tankers project in our coastal waters" Marilyn Slett, president, Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #abpoli #c5

Just another gentle reminder that the best interests of Canadians are often not aligned with the best interests of corporations. This majority Exxon-owned company lobbies aggressively for gutting Canada's environmental protections #c5 #cdnpoli #abpoli #pathwaysallliance www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

@mark-carney.bsky.social Brexit-era approach to climate finance needs an upgrade @iisd.org www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnpoli #tragedyofthehorizon #sustainablefinance #climatecrisis

I'm baffled as to why @cnn.com 's Kevin Liptak parsed & edited Trump's incoherent ramblings to make them seem like an intentional speech. Trump delivered an incomprehensible off the cuff word salad. The content was nonsense. The context: utter incompetence. #unga edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...

🚨 BIG NEWS: Sierra Club has released new guidance for financial institutions on what constitutes credible investments in #climate solutions. To protect savings, investments must cut emissions, support workers, protect nature & build resilient communities. www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...

I think the US just witnessed that moment where suddenly the water comes up over the gunwales. Major networks pulling shows that are critical of the administration is a point that's hard to recover from in dictatorships.

The new projects announced by @mark-carney.bsky.social show that Canada is foolishly doubling down on its petrostate status. THREAD

NEW – Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated | @gidden.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8

Yes. LNG Canada 2 already had federal approval. The project only lacks a final investment decision (FID) from the consortium because lenders/ investors are rightly wary project economics. Is @mark-carney.bsky.social about to give private companies billions in new, public #fossilfuel subsidies?

@mark-carney.bsky.social failing absolutely on the #EV file. They are pausing/reviewing the EV mandate, in spite of strong evidence EV sales are highly supply-constrained (dealerships in most provinces don't want to sell EVs to Canadians). #cdnpoli 1/5 www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Feds must consider oil and gas conflicts for Canada Pension Plan appointees @shiftaction.bsky.social op-ed in the @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

We won 🚲 www.cycleto.ca/cycle_toront...

Another day, another pitch to cover a report about how to provide energy for AI data centers with zero mention of carbon. The whole energy/tech/media complex has completely thrown climate under the bus without a second thought in order to chase the shiny object of AI. 🤮

SCOOP: One of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies needed to decommission thousands of pipelines. It failed to deliver, and the BC Energy Regulator didn’t levy any financial penalties, docs show. VIA @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social with @theijf.org thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...

@woodsideful.bsky.social absolutely nails it here. I also just had a gut punch realization that my kids will still be alive in 2100, underscoring the responsibility pensions have to invest in climate safety now. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/a... @nationalobserver.com @carolmliao.bsky.social‬

Grateful to see widespread national media coverage of our new report on #fossilfuel conflicted pension directors yesterday! '#Climate advocates say #oil and #gas representation on pension fund boards could be problematic' @shiftaction.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

New research finds limiting oil & gas development in Canada won’t harm the sector—in fact it could protect its value. With 🌎 oil & gas demand heading towards a permanent decline, 🇨🇦 should limit expansion to ⬇️ economic risks. Report ➡️ www.iisd.org/publications...

Remember a couple months ago, the feds said they replaced a nearly $20 billion loan from banks with a gov loan to lower interest payments on Trans Mountain? Turns out, almost $15 billion of that new "loan" wasn't a loan at all and won't be paid back. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/n...

Doug Ford has applied a 25% tax on all electricity exported to Michigan, Minnesota and New York in response to U.S. President Trump’s tariffs. Here's what you need to know — including what it means for Ontario's emissions. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-us-e...

Waiting (but not holding my breath) for Canada to restrict #oil & #gas exports to the U.S. in response to tariffs. This would have a huge impact. Seems like this industry might try to throw the rest of the Canadian economy under the bus to protect its short-term profits, however. #abpoli #cdnpoli

@fatimabsyed.bsky.social took stock of the deluge of energy announcements over the past month and half, to make sense of what's being promised and what it really means for Ontario: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-elec...

Today Shift released its annual Canadian Pension Climate Report Card, an independent benchmark for evaluating the quality, depth and credibility of climate policies for 11 of Canada’s largest pension managers, collectively managing $2.4 trillion in retirement savings.

Great coverage of our new Canadian Pension Climate Report Card - released today. Pensions need to think long term as their funds require a stable #climate to fulfil their mandates. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

I hope this adds some clarity as to why so many of us have been so pushy about always highlighting the connections between fossil fuels and the disasters they intensify and multiply. Complete separation of cause from consequence only helps fossil fuel companies and authoritarians.

If there's one thing that'll fix high prices, it's deepening reliance on the thing that's causing high prices

Last week, the 🇨🇦 gov’t issued CAD 20 bn in financing for the #TransMountainPipeline to replace private loans. Cost overruns on the TMX pipeline expansion show how expensive building fossil fuel infrastructure is, with the project operating at a loss. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/31/n...

Three guesses: who funded all the campaigns against the Canadian Climate Plan? First two don’t count. #OilAndGas www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Batteries start playing a huge role in some energy systems around the world. Look at California - not long ago you wouldn’t even be able to see the contribution from batteries. Few expected batteries to ever be able to compete. Today batteries can provide more than 20% of peak load in California.

#Heatpumps work. 3 years ago we ripped out our #gas furnace from our 115 year old brick house in Toronto, Canada & installed a centrally ducted cold-climate heat pump (no backup) & cancelled our gas service. Its far more comfortable, cheaper to run, and nearly carbon free. Happy to answer questions.

Doug Ford says Canada should flip the light switch off if President Donald Trump follows through on tariff threats. How will that impact the electricity grid Canada and the U.S. have shared for more than a century? @fatimabsyed.bsky.social explains: thenarwhal.ca/canada-us-el...

To ponder, for ~25 years China has worked on a plan for energy dominance in plain sight, not hiding anything, right down to the global supply chain pieces. When the world wakes up to this, the Biden admin did its best to catch up, but the current admin has gone in full reverse 🤷‍♀️

My comments to CBC News on anti-ESG pressure pushing financial institutions away from #netzero 1/3 "It's not a real political movement of citizens," says Adam Scott, executive director of Shift: Action, a Canadian advocacy group focused on climate risks to pension funds. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

"every fraction of a degree matters" is true as hell. In the same way that releasing CO2 hurts people and planet, avoiding its release saves us from potential harm This isn't some saccharine 'hopeful' message: it's the hard, inarguable physical reality. www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...

Huge. 'China's refined #oil consumption peaked in 2023 at 399 million metric tons (7.98 million barrels per day) and is expected to fall 1.3% to 394 million tons in 2024' - 'By 2035, China's overall refined products consumption is expected to fall by 25-40%' #cdnpoli www.reuters.com/world/china/...

The Doug Ford government paid experts $1.5M to tell them how to reach net-zero emissions. Experts came up with 18 scenarios; each one urged the government to phase out natural gas. The Ford government isn't doing that and hasn't released the report. An exclusive by me thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ener...

The Ontario government has pushed forward plans to boost natural gas to meet soaring energy demand, despite receiving expert advice to “plan a partial abandonment” of gas infrastructure by 2050. An exclusive by @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-ener...

"OPEC’s fierce insistence that oil demand will keep rising to the middle of the century has been undermined by its failure to call this year right." www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

These ads are misleading in multiple ways: Fossil fuel prices were responsible for 1/3rd of all Canadian price inflation from Feb 2021 to June 2022 www.iisd.org/system/files... Costs of climate inaction dramatically exceeds the costs of transition. climateinstitute.ca/climate-dama... 1/2

Revealed: Saudi Arabia accused of modifying official #COP29 negotiating text - Exclusive: News of changes to usually non-editable Presidency document ‘risks placing climate summit in jeopardy', says one expert Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It definitely was was “intense and stressful” to hear my own words recited back by an actor. "At the Calgary Petroleum Club, a stage play reflects tension, polarization about Canada’s energy transition" @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

#Fossilfuel corruption in Canada is the key barrier to #climateaction - 3 former VPs at TC Energy were appointed to the AESO board - the only 3 to back Premier Smith's decision to pause approvals of renewable energy projects in Alberta @thenarwhal.ca #cdnpoli #abpoli thenarwhal.ca/alberta-rene...

Ramping up clean energy without ramping down fossil fuels is like smoking while wearing a nicotine patch

Shell's business plan is to sell a volume of fossil gas that would cause the Earth to heat beyond any of the scenarios examined in the International Energy Agency's latest world outlook, even the weakest 'current policies' one. IE: they're betting on failure www.accr.org.au/downloads/12...

Do I have this right