Kara Shaw

Last week, Shift released our 2025 Report Card, comparing the climate policies of Canada’s largest public pension managers.

Our national pension manager, CPPIB, received an overall D grade on climate – the second-lowest score among major Canadian pension funds. win.newmode.net/shiftaction/...

There's something important to be learned here... !

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action. Here’s what we can do about it New research highlights the role of fossil-fuel industry propaganda and suggests strategies to tackle false narratives about fossil fuels.

Fossil-fuel propaganda is stalling climate action. Here’s what we can do about it
theconversation.com/fossil-fuel-...

Where Are the Customers? Why the Idea of a Pipeline to Asia Is Built on a Fantasy Asia is electrifying. It doesn't need or want Alberta's ultra heavy sour crude

Helpful analysis here. We all need to pivot, analytically not least: open.substack.com/pub/markhamh...

1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)

Coastal First Nations Dismiss Pipeline MOU: North Coast Pipeline Will Never Be Built CFN member Nations vow to keep oil tankers and the risk of a catastrophic oil spill out of BC’s Northern coastal waters.

Listen to the real leaders: coastalfirstnations.ca/resources/co...

BREAKING: With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian o...

That a pipeline is even on the table is enraging: www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit...

Canada’s National Observer unveils a powerful tool for fighting disinformation Civic Searchlight brings together municipal meeting transcripts from across Canada into a searchable database for the first time. It has already been used to fight disinformation, report on impact, di...

This is excellent news and such important work: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/08/n...

Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights Conservative misinformation is supported by a whole right-wing ecosystem that has settled on the argument that any progress on reconciliation means an assault on private property rights.

Wise voices, important insights: Haida Gwaii shows how to resist Conservative fearmongering on Indigenous rights www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/14/o...

Fossil fuels are an economic drag The pursuit of more fossil fuel extraction puts Canada on a self-destructive path.

Glad someone is still taking time to state what should be obvious: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/o...

Warren Magnusson Festschrift — Urban Affairs Review

From Guest Editors @bigcitypolitics.bsky.social @rkeil.bsky.social, we’re delighted to announce the publication of this collection of essays celebrating the late great Warren Magnusson on our website!

www.urbanaffairsreview.com/warren-magnu...

A new report shows how local climate activism leads to 'remarkable' gains Efforts to pass laws and advance clean energy projects can significantly reduce emissions, and at a low cost.

Think global, act local, folks: A new report shows how local climate activism leads to ‘remarkable’ gains | grist.org/solutions/ne...

Joy and relief as lotus flowers bloom again in Kashmiri lake after three decades Wular Lake once supported 5,000 people who harvested the plant’s edible roots, until the lake silted up after floods. Now the lotuses are back

News worth reading: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Neither ‘Biofuel’ Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems | The Tyee From Borneo to Japan to BC, the effects are clear. And the solution is something entirely different.

Neither 'Biofuel' Nor Nuclear Will Solve Our Energy Problems via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Climeworks, Direct Air Capture, and the Brutal Reality of Pulling Carbon from the Sky The poor performance of the Climeworks direct air capture plant in Iceland should be a turning point. Not just for one company, but for an entire class of false solutions.

"Direct air capture, like the broader class of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, has been used less as a climate mitigation tool and more as a justification tool... Every ton of carbon avoided today is worth exponentially more than one captured tomorrow."

Trump is Serious About Annexing Canada. How Will Climate and Energy Policy Bring Us the Allies We Need? Canada might yet place itself at the centre of the world's next great, low-carbon trading bloc, as long as our incoming federal government has the insight and inclination to make it happen.

Helpful analysis here: Trump is Serious About Annexing Canada. How Will Climate and Energy Policy Bring Us the Allies We Need? open.substack.com/pub/energymi...

Forestry Giant Not Owed Compensation, BC Supreme Court Rules | The Tyee Teal-Jones had argued it faced ‘constructive taking’ on Haida Gwaii.

A helpful explanation of an important ruling. Nice to have some good news these days! Forestry Giant Not Owed Compensation, BC Supreme Court Rules via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...

Sonia Furstenau on BC’s Carbon Tax Betrayal | The Tyee Conservatives and corporations celebrate as citizens face a bleaker, more costly future.

Sonia Furstenau on BC's Carbon Tax Betrayal via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

Ecosystem Protection Took a Hit in BC’s 2025 Budget | The Tyee As resource extraction intensifies, environmental assessments have been cut, says advocate.

BC's "survival mode" budget bets on more resource extraction, particularly gas and mining.

But does it invest enough to keep its climate and ecosystems on life support?

My latest for @thetyee.ca