Are gas-fired data centres an expensive, polluting lifeboat for the fossil fuel industry? www.desmog.com/2026/07/02/c...

DeSmog dug into transcripts from Canadian gas companies' investor calls.... They're hyping AI data centres as the next growth opportunity for their polluting product. Read more from @manderson98.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/07/02/c...

Why Carney's "Canada Strong" fund will never be Norway's sovereign wealth fund from @manderson98.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/06/16/w...

Is Big Oil now pivoting away from a marquee carbon capture project it never intended to build? www.desmog.com/2026/05/06/f...

www.desmog.com/2026/04/28/d... Is Premier Danielle Smith betraying her base? Her United Conservative Party (UCP) swept almost every riding outside of Calgary and Edmonton in the last election but the love does not seem to be mutual.

Burning fossil fuels to power a dangerous artificial intelligence arms race accomplishes the impressive alchemy of making two of the leading threats to civilization worse at the same time

www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/m... Does a state-controlled oil company from Norway, a country with a $2.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund, really need handouts from the Canadian taxpayer?

While fossil fuel producers might rake in short-term profits from war-related price instability, consumers instead are demanding a more ethical, sustainable and secure supply of energy. www.desmog.com/2026/03/19/c...

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Mark Carney has been playing up protecting Canada’s energy sovereignty by expanding fossil fuel extraction. But who owns the oil patch? US capital controls the majority of oil and gas companies operating in Canada and American ownership of Canadian oil is increasing. www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/m...

If this is all political theatre to placate Alberta, the price of admission makes a Taylor Swift concert look like a bargain. Where did climate Carney go? www.desmog.com/2025/12/02/u...

Another LNG announcement from @mark-carney.bsky.social. Is this “building Canada strong”? The Global South is rapidly embracing cheaper renewables while Canada is subsidizing billions to build stranded assets. www.desmog.com/2025/11/12/w...

www.desmog.com/2025/10/29/w... #abpoli #abed #UCP #albertandp #Alberta Why does the richest province in Canada invest the least per student?

www.desmog.com/2025/10/29/w... Premier Smith’s single-minded fixation on the oil and gas industry has left her province dangerously dependent on cyclical royalty revenue, soon to be clobbered by a global oil glut and waning demand. Alberta's students and teachers deserve better.

www.desmog.com/2025/10/08/d... Smith questions whether Canada is a real country. In this moment of ludicrous political theatre, it seems more illuminating to ask: is Alberta an actual province, or just a company town? The blurry line between oil patch and elected government is essentially gone.

www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r... Follow the money. Exactly zero companies are betting their own $ on a new bitumen pipeline, while global investments in renewables and battery storage are surging. Canada needs to skate to where the puck is going, not where it was last decade. @mark-carney.bsky.social

www.desmog.com/2025/09/12/w... Fossil fuels costs trillions in human health impacts each year. Chimney sweep testicle is thankfully a thing of the past due to belated regulation and cleaner fuels. Lets finish the job.

www.desmog.com/2025/07/14/f... How do we build infrastructure and energy systems that are resilient and secure in an increasingly destabilized world? The illegal war in Ukraine provides important lessons regarding worst-case military scenarios that reflect badly on pipeline projects.

The stark contrast in how Alberta treats the relatively puny reclamation risks from the renewable energy sector compared to the vast unfunded liabilities from the oil patch is so brazen it almost qualifies as political performance art. www.desmog.com/2025/06/20/a...

The latest battle between Alberta and Ottawa is not over pipelines or policies, it's about data. If the oil patch is unwilling or unable to reduce their ballooning emissions, the Alberta government will misconstrue reported figures while working to prevent better measurements from being collected.

Pathways Alliance is trying to ride two horses with one ass. If they are serious about their $16 billion carbon capture project, why did they lobby to freeze the price for Alberta carbon credits? www.desmog.com/2025/05/29/p...

www.desmog.com/2025/05/23/t... Approving (and potentially paying for) additional oil pipelines out of western Canada has become a kind of loyalty test for federal politicians. If oil pipelines are somehow now a sovereignty deal-breaker, it's worth asking: are they actually needed? Nope.

Shout out to @markhamhislop.bsky.social for breaking the important story on how US refiners plan to turf Alberta crude suppliers after Trump tariffs. www.desmog.com/2025/03/05/t...

An apropos oldie from my good buddy Rusty Ford. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVuI...

Are We Cancelling the Enlightenment? “If the Enlightenment is to reinvent itself, it needs to remind us all why a single shared reality is worth the effort. “ Rollicking essay by @mitchinvan via @thetyee.ca www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Is the Enlightenment obsolete? With more truth and technology than almost any time in history, why are so many people miserable? Perhaps we need a renewed higher-calling to make an evidence-based reality worth the effort. My latest: www.thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...