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The strongest predictor of climate action is whether people talk about climate change — not how much they know, how worried they are, or who they vote for.
Seniors For Climate welcomes MP Steven Guilbeault for a climate conversation
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Solar, Wind Emerge as Canada’s Cheapest New Power as Prices Fall by Half Contracted energy costs for wind and solar projects in Canada have fallen to half of what they were 10 years ago, new analysis shows.

Solar, Wind Emerge as Canada’s Cheapest New Power as Prices Fall by Half www.theenergymix.com/solar-wind-e...

Solar, Wind Emerge as Canada’s Cheapest New Power as Prices Fall by Half Contracted energy costs for wind and solar projects in Canada have fallen to half of what they were 10 years ago, new analysis shows.

Solar, Wind Emerge as Canada’s Cheapest New Power as Prices Fall by Half www.theenergymix.com/solar-wind-e...

Canada’s oceans provide billions in value beyond fish The federal government is beginning to tally the "invisible" benefits of oceans that don’t show up on balance sheets.

Canada’s oceans provide billions in value beyond fish  www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/02/n...

Canadian athletes and fans want fossil fuel sponsors out of the Olympics, poll finds As Canada’s teams, sponsored in part by Petro-Canada, prepare to head to Italy for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan–Cortina, Podborski is among thousands of Canadians surveyed who argue the Games sho...

Canadian athletes and fans want fossil fuel sponsors out of the Olympics, poll finds www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/03/n...

Carney replaces EV sales mandate with rebates and regulations Prime Minister Mark Carney is doing away with the EV availability standard, promising to replace it with more stringent tailpipe regulations and rebates to encourage Canadians to buy EVs.

Carney replaces EV sales mandate with rebates and regulations www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/05/n...

How Hot Was Your Town Last Year? Look Up Where You Live. (Gift Article) 2025 was the third hottest year on record, but thousands of cities saw record heat and one broke a record for cold.

Find your own town to see how hot it was.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Ottawa plotting a high stakes clean energy strategy After dismantling many of the climate policies put in place by the previous government, Prime Minister Mark Carney has quietly directed his government to craft a national electricity strategy.

Ottawa plotting a high stakes clean energy strategy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...

In Davos, Carney delivered a speech which will go down in history, with overtones of Churchill's 1936 speech about appeasement. Churchill applied this to Hitler’s expansion, Carney to economic coercion and great‑power rivalry. Further delay in confronting Trump = fewer choices and bad outcomes.

Ottawa plotting a high stakes clean energy strategy After dismantling many of the climate policies put in place by the previous government, Prime Minister Mark Carney has quietly directed his government to craft a national electricity strategy.

Ottawa plotting a high stakes clean energy strategy www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/21/n...

One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers Technology gains mean that one ship load of solar PV panels is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal carriers, or 57 LNG tankers.

One ship loaded with solar PV is now worth more to the grid than 120 coal-carriers reneweconomy.com.au/one-ship-loa...

Canada’s LNG Mirage: Why Most Projects Won’t Be Built and Taxpayers Won’t See the Payoff - CleanTechnica Canada’s LNG expansion colliding with global oversupply, falling Asian demand, and high financing costs. Most capacity won’t be built, and some will strand.

Canada’s LNG Mirage: Why Most Projects Won’t Be Built and Taxpayers Won’t See the Payoff cleantechnica.com/2026/01/10/c...

Really good article by @karelmayrand.bsky.social

While the U.S. focuses on sunset oil sector, China jumps ahead on the future energy platform. Will Canada join the clean energy wave or dig in deeper on oil? @seniorsforclimate.bsky.social

Australia Faces Critical Fire Warnings Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave

Temperatures are well above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in much of the country, and forecasters warned of potentially catastrophic fire conditions on Friday.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/w...

Opinion | Which City Burns Next?

Who will be next?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/o...

The years leading up to 2025 were marked by a rare optimism that the United States would finally do something about climate change. Until Trump.

How silencing science harms us all Turning waste into heat, knowledge under attack, and how science benefits you

Seniors For Climate' 2026 theme is Break the Climate Silence - Creating Space for Action.
How silencing science harms us all
open.substack.com/pub/talkingc...

@seniorsforclimate.bsky.social

Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset' A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)

A poll last January found that 85 percent of the population opposed the idea.

Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

Lessons from Venezuela So now it’s out in the open - the “Don-roe” Doctrine.

Lessons from Venezuela - Canada Will Never Break
After Venezuela, it's Greenland and Canada
#WakeUpCanada open.substack.com/pub/charliea...

Looking Back at a Historic Year of Dismantling Climate Policies

On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order declaring an “energy emergency” and calling on the government to expand support for fossil fuels while curtailing support for clean energy...and it was all downhill from there.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...

‘This is the Costco of energy, man!’: author Bill McKibben on the promise of renewables The activist and author of Here Comes the Sun discusses rapid advances in solar and wind power and how the US ceded leadership in the sector to its main rival

But as of the last three or four years, we finally have a tool, not at this point to stop global warming – it’s too late for that – but perhaps to at least shave some tenths of a degree off how hot the planet gets.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

After the dark billionaire circus of robots and censorship, it’s time to join the light, Bluesky.

Hi I’m Robin - the youngest cofounder of Extinction Rebellion and a disabled writer on revolution, strategy and community.

Here’s a thread all about how fossil fuels flipped my life upside down 🧵

Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode As the Climate Emergency Unit ends its five-year mandate, founder Seth Klein reflects in an interview with The Energy Mix on the project’s ambitions, its impact on Canada’s climate movement, and what ...

Q&A: Lessons From a Five-Year Effort to Shift Canada Into Climate Emergency Mode www.theenergymix.com/qa-lessons-f...

Flying Taxis? China Has Them. And Drone Lunch Deliveries, Too. (Gift Article) China’s experiments in clean energy can feel like living in the future. Even when things don’t quite work.

China rolling out fleets of autonomous delivery trucks, experimenting with flying cars and installing parking lot robots that can swap out your E.V.’s dying battery in just minutes. There are drones that deliver lunch by lowering it from the sky on a cable.

How is climate change impacting the world’s ocean | United Nations

As the excessive heat and energy warms the ocean, the change in temperature leads to unparalleled cascading effects, including ice-melting, sea-level rise, marine heatwaves, and ocean acidification.
www.un.org/en/climatech...

Europe May Roll Back Combustion Engine Ban

Tariffs are setting back climate goals around the world. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...

Global insured catastrophe losses set to hit $107 billion in 2025, report shows Annual global insured losses from natural catastrophes are expected to hit $107 billion in 2025, driven by the Los Angeles wildfires and severe convective storms in parts of the United States, a Swiss...

Global insured catastrophe losses set to hit $107 billion in 2025, report shows www.reuters.com/business/env...

‘Unrecognizably’ Cheap Batteries Turn Solar Into an 'Anytime' Energy Source Energy storage prices have now fallen for two years running, with costs now low enough to make dispatchable, round-the-clock solar generation financially viable, finds a new report from energy think t...

‘Unrecognizably’ Cheap Batteries Turn Solar Into an ‘Anytime’ Energy Source www.theenergymix.com/unrecognizab...

How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction? A new study published Monday estimates almost 80 per cent of glaciers worldwide are set to vanish by 2100 at the planet's current warming trajectory of around 2.7 degrees above pre-industrial average....

How many glaciers in Canada's Arctic can be saved from extinction? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/15/n...

Climate abundance is the only way forward Retreats can precede, and even produce, great victories. When it comes to climate change, that means focusing far more on reducing costs than raising them — and letting renewable energy win the ensuin...

Climate abundance is the only way forward  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...