Save the date! World Poetry Review will be open for submissions for Issue 13 on Feb. 1st. Translators of poetry are encouraged to apply! Check out our submissions page to review our submission guidelines and to learn more about what we're looking for: worldpoetryreview.org/submissions/

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's stand on a proposed new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast is flawed on so many levels. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/23/o...

Twenty-Two Poems by Paul Éluard, translated from the French by Ross Belot @rossbelot.bsky.social & Sara Burant, in WPR 12! Check them all out here: worldpoetryreview.org/2025/10/17/t... #translation #poem #poetry #poems

Beware of fossil fuel enthusiasts touting the latest IEA report and its supposed forecast of endless demand growth for oil. The devil here is in the details -- ones that tell a very different story than the headlines would have you believe. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...

Keystone XL avoids friction between British Columbia and Alberta over a West Coast project that would never be built anyway. Poilievre still loses a favourite attack line, and Smith can still say she forced the federal government to move on pipelines www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/o...

congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of the 2025 Governor General's Award for Poetry! here's my review of the book, in case you hadn't seen: / @houseofanansi.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/05/kare...

Just released: WPR 12! This issue features poetry translated from Chinese, Greek, Faroese, Persian, Spanish, French, Russian, and Italian! Check it out! worldpoetryreview.org @olgamikolaivna.bsky.social @vpenelopepelizzon.bsky.social @rossbelot.bsky.social @georginamegan.bsky.social

Very excited to have my and Sara Burant’s translation of the Paul Éluard 22 section poem L’Univers-Solitude from Éluard’s 1932 collection La Vie immédiate in the latest issue of World Poetry Review. worldpoetryreview.org/2025/10/17/t... @worldpoetryreview.bsky.social

That thud you might have heard on Sept. 29 was the fall of a Canadian giant that has been staggering around for some time. But it was once Canada’s largest oil company, helping drive virtually every major innovation in Canadian oil and gas since the late 19th century, @rossbelot.bsky.social writes.

Yet across the political spectrum in Canada the big ideas from #DanielleSmith to @naheednenshi.bsky.social, from #Poilievre to @mark-carney.bsky.social are #MorePipelines. No longer surprised they don't care about burning the world down but you'd think they'd care about economics #cdnpoli #abpoli

My latest….The new Imperial Oil is a collection of operating plants run out of “global business centres.” That is, not run from Canada by Canadians. It’s the clearest sign yet that Canada’s oil story is drawing to a close. Our leaders still haven't noticed. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/a...

As owners of the Trans Mountain pipeline we should repurpose it for the benefit of Canada. That's a nation-building project worth doing, @rossbelot.bsky.social writes.

As owners of the Trans Mountain pipeline we should repurpose it for the benefit of Canada. That's a nation-building project worth doing. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/19/o...

Ontario's battle against bike lanes has always ignored facts and evidence. Now Alberta is making the same specious arguments. My latest for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/04/opinion/bike-lanes-ford-smith-court-ruling

Back then the economy was the only concern; climate change wasn’t on the radar. We should celebrate the vision of the politicians and corporations of the time. But we're no longer in that era, and leaders need to enter the new one, Ross Belot writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/31/o...

Interesting piece by Kam Razavi, former Global News investigative reporter, on why Canada isn’t addressing its oil and gas emissions, I’m quoted in spots. medium.com/the-new-clim...

Piece authored by a few friends and me in the Calgary Herald calling for real discussions on climate change by all sides. calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu... ‪@ajwvictoriabc.bsky.social‬

There's a reason Canadian oil companies aren't investing in carbon capture. The rest of us should pay attention. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/26/o...

My latest op-ed discussing the shenanigans of Carney and Smith on the oilsands. and how they don't seem to be talking about the fundamentals. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/o...

Canadians have been fed a steady diet of climate noise — photo-ops, grand announcements, and lofty targets — none of which have translated into serious emissions reductions, writes Ross Belot www.nationalobserver.com/2025/05/07/o...

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my latest piece in Canada's National Observer....Politicians, stop the magical pipeline talk and do your job. Accept the reality there will not be another oilsands boom, and look for long term opportunities for this resource. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/04/o...

Canadian politicians must accept the reality there will not be another oilsands boom, and instead look for long term opportunities for this resource. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/04/o...

Pierre Poilievre has proposed large-scale oil sands investments. But Ross Belot, a former oil exec, says it's a bad idea—because production will decline no matter what Canada does. macleans.ca/economy/why-...

I have a piece in Macleans explaining why the oilsands boom ended and isn't coming back. And why Trump tariffs have nothing to do with that. macleans.ca/economy/why-...

More translations by Sara Burant and me from Paul Éluard's La Vie immédiate in the most recent Ezra: an online journal of translation. ezratranslation.com/current-issue/

A great start to the year with four of Sara Burant and my collaborative translations from Paul Éluard's La Vie immédiate published by rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social in his wonderful online journal periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics. periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/01/paul...

That threat by Doug Ford to cut off electricity exports to the U.S. was a bad move. Ross Belot crunched the numbers and Canada is far more dependent on U.S. energy than the other way around. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/18/a...

Ontario has far more to lose if the U.S. slashes energy supplies to Canada, than the other way around. @rossbelot.bsky.social writes for @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/18/a...

my latest piece in the National Observer detailing what a really really bad idea it is for Doug Ford to suggest disrupting energy across Ontario’s border. #cdnpoli #Ontario #dougford www.nationalobserver.com/2024/12/18/a...

My latest piece in the National Observer www.nationalobserver.com/2024/06/25/o...

My latest piece www.nationalobserver.com/2024/02/02/o...