Mary Stuart (she/her)

EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year Don't forget us on International Women's Day, writes Leqaa Kordia.

“EXCLUSIVE: I’m the Palestinian Who Has Been in ICE Detention for Almost a Year”

Writing for Zeteo from inside of prison on International Women’s Day, Leqaa Kordia asks us not to forget the female detainees being held and mistreated in ICE detention camps.

Why the Haisla Nation Is Fine With LNG But Not Mark Carney’s New Oil Pipeline In exclusive interview with DeSmog, Haisla leader explains that an oil “spill on our waterway would be catastrophic.”

"A spill on our waterway would be catastrophic". Why First Nations, even those that support fossil fuels, are prepared to fight a new Canadian west coast oil pipeline.

My report from OneBC’s town hall event in Vancouver on Feb. 28 #bcpoli

Carney Allowed Gas-Powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.

NEW: An Alberta energy company developing a gas-powered AI data centre lobbied the Carney government 37 times before clean energy regulations were suspended.

Read our scoop below 🔍️

A bit late to this, but this graphic by @amywestervelt.bsky.social is **extremely** important. It's another reminder that "just stop mentioning climate change" isn't an option, as advocates, analysts and communicators.

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Enbridge's CEO gave away the game: public risk, private profit On a recent earnings call, Greg Ebel seemed to be admitting that a new West Coast pipeline would not be economically viable. Those comments contrast sharply with the “Build Canada Now” open letter he ...

Enbridge's CEO says the quiet part out loud: Enbridge’s CEO doesn’t think investors should take on the risk of developing new fossil fuel infrastructure — that, instead, governments should do so for them.
www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/24/o...

every time the X vs. Bluesky discourse comes up the conversation eventually gets here and i'm amazed that it finds a way to continue afterwards

A lot is being said about the Pathways project... keep this in mind when people try to convince you it's a done deal

Carney Government Knew Carbon Capture Was ‘Very Limited,’ Docs Show Briefing notes obtained by DeSmog reveal the Carney government had major knowledge gaps about CCS even as it made the technology central to its climate plan.

SCOOP: Briefing notes obtained by @desmog.com show that Mark Carney's government had 'very limited' data on carbon capture and storage in the oil industry.

But Carney went ahead and made the dubious technology central to Canada's climate plan anyway.

www.desmog.com/2026/02/20/c...

You don’t “open” the Overton Window. But it’s interesting that they’d admit they’re trying to shift it toward white nationalism.

A powerful decentralized campaign forced Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms ⋆ The Breach A major bank sells its shares in Elbit Systems, in one of Canada’s biggest BDS victories to date

Canadian BDS activists just won a historic victory: Scotiabank, once the largest foreign shareholder in Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, has dropped all its shares in Elbit Systems.

@desaima.bsky.social and Harrison Samphir report on the years-long pressure campaign that led to divestment.

ask anyone on the left about high-speed trains

Trump EPA Abandons Climate Working Group Report in Endangerment Finding Repeal Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.

🚨 NEW 🚨 Trump EPA's decision to repeal the endangerment finding now discards a signature report by 5 climate crisis deniers, produced so the admin could use it to scientifically justify rolling back climate regulations, 100s of emails reveal. @sharonkelly.bsky.social read 'em all 🧵 buff.ly/4m6XjbX

"While Michigan lawmakers are trying to protect taxpayers from alleged oil industry collusion, the Alberta government seems to be an active participant in limiting competing technologies and offloading industry liabilities onto the public."

Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show

NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government

Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel

Great article - thanks. Important to note that one of those AI companies is the Gestapo’s favourite firm, Palantir. Growing thread 👇 on CPPIB, BCI and other pension fund investment managers.

ICYMI: new piece from Taylor Noakes:

"The CPPIB has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. since Trump’s return to office. It has partnered with private equity firms to acquire American oil and gas producers, and financed AI companies like Elon Musk’s xAI."

Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development Discover how the Ontario government recycles oil sands propaganda for Ring of Fire mining development and its implications.

Funny/not funny. Ontario government calls Ring of Fire minerals ‘the most ethical on Earth,’ while passing legislation that suspends treaty rights, species protections, and human rights — to benefit extractive industries.
ricochet.media/indigenous/o... via @ricochetmedia.bsky.social

Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.

Canada's largest pension fund has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. since Trump's return to office.

Read our report below:

BC Halts Plans to Make Polluters Pay for Cleanup Costs | The Tyee The province billed its Public Interest Bonding Strategy as a key step to protect the public from massive cleanup bills. Now it’s on hold.

Cleanup at Port Alice's bankrupt pulp mill has cost the public $170 million and counting.

BC said this was a "symptom of a wider problem" facing taxpayers, and vowed to close the legal loopholes that allowed it to happen.

Now it's quietly halted that process.

My story for @thetyee.ca

#bcpoli

Alberta pipeline capacity, explained | The Narwhal Here’s what you need to know about pipelines — real and imagined — from Alberta to the West Coast

Does Alberta need a new pipeline?
How much oil is the province producing?
And how does that compare to existing pipeline capacity?

Questions are swirling as Alberta pursues a hypothetical new pipeline. Here's what you need to know, via @drewanderson.bsky.social

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Mark Carney’s Goal Is To ‘Increase Our Oil Production,’ Says Former Chief of Staff It’s an energy agenda seemingly at odds with the prime minister’s previous stated commitments to addressing climate change.

DeSmog obtained audio of Mark Carney's former chief of staff describing key goals for the PM and it's a lot less radical-sounding than Carney's recent speech at Davos

Grow oil production, sell LNG, revive NAFTA 🙄

Read more from @marylouisestuart.bsky.social

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After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities”...

For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing a new accounting scheme which moves climate pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books. @sharonkelly.bsky.social has the story for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/01/23/e...

Danielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security that’s led by Jeff Landry, Trump’s envoy to Greenland.

Wonder why Danielle Smith isn't speaking out about Trump threatening Greenland?

I'm sure it has nothing to do with her cultivating connections to the Trump official tasked with annexing the territory.

Read more from @marylouisestuart.bsky.social in @desmog.com

www.desmog.com/2026/01/14/d...

There's a bit of data in here that I think will fly under the radar for most people. According to the AER, the oilsands used 257 BILLION litres of freshwater in 2024 alone. That's a 12% jump in freshwater use intensity from 2023. And that's without CCUS in the picture. #ABLeg #ABPoli #CDNPoli #CCUS

Irresponsible AI: big tech's influence on AI research and associated impacts The accelerated development, deployment and adoption of artificial intelligence systems has been fuelled by the increasing involvement of big tech. This has been accompanied by increasing ethical conc...

4/4: read the paper on arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2512.03077
check out the workshop website: acaworkshop.github.io
...and consider visiting our poster today, at 11:15am pacific time, if you're in San Diego!

2/4: this paper reviews literature on Big Tech's influence on the AI research community, and the downstream societal effects of the relationship. We discuss some of the outcomes of this influence, what forces motivate it, and potential solutions...

Check out this paper my partner (co) authored on fundamental issues in AI research due to the field's entanglement with big tech.

This budget sucks: Doomscrolling through growing inequality and climate backsliding The newly passed federal budget has put us in a catatonic state – but as young people, we’re used to this feeling.

"Reading this budget feels like scrolling on Instagram; one moment you see something horrifying, and the next you’re hit with the rich and glamorous flexing their fortunes."

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