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Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.

12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.

That never happened.

Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories

#OrphanWells

Net-zero advisory body members say Ottawa risks more resignations OTTAWA — The four remaining members of Canada's independent net-zero advisory body are calling on Ottawa to change how the group functions, and two of them say it risks more resignations if things don...

I fear the federal gov't is deeply unserious about achieving its climate goals.
This is only more evidence.
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/net...

Crazy stat to contemplate:
In 2024 China added almost exactly 1
GW of solar and wind capacity per day (358 GW across the year) – a pace equivalent to
building a typical nuclear reactor every single day.

Zero Carbon newsletter | Canada's National Observer: Climate News Climate correspondent Chris Hatch sorts through the kaleidoscope of news, ideas, politics and culture on climate change solutions.

www.nationalobserver.com/newsletters/...

BREAKING: Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

This resignation is worth noting. @simondonner.bsky.social is a man of impeccable integrity. If he is saying the process, and the politics, is compromised and broken, that does not bode well for climate action in Carney's Canada.
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...

BREAKING: Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

BREAKING: Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body www.theenergymix.com/breaking-don...

‘Say vs. Do Chasm’ Shows Fossil Industry Facing Rapid Decline, Crumbling Demand With fossil fuel publicists touting decades of future demand, and those expectations baked into last week’s pipeline deal between Canada and Alberta, the global oil and gas industry already recognizes...

‘Say vs. Do Chasm’ Shows Fossil Industry Facing Rapid Decline, Crumbling Demand www.theenergymix.com/say-vs-do-ch...

Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet Before entering elected politics, Guilbeault was a famed environmentalist.

this says something.
www.thestar.com/steven-guilb...

The notion that someone who is in their 20's can't have experienced climate change (supposedly due to an IPCC definition) is utter crap. It's embarrassing for a supposedly serious academic to be so disingenuous.

A history of poor performance The Petra Nova facility began operations in 2017. The CCS equipment was installed to capture CO2 from a slipstream of the W.A. Parish Unit 8’s flue gas. The captured CO2 traveled via 80-mile pipeline to an oilfield near Houston for use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations to increase extraction. Petra Nova’s target CCS capture rate was 90 percent. NRG claims it met the target. But Petra Nova’s owners have never provided the actual data behind that claim. Emissions data for Parish Unit 8 reported to the EPA suggests the actual CO2 capture rate was substantially lower than 90%, perhaps as low as 65% to 70%. And the average capture rate does not include emissions from the gas-fired combustion turbine used to power the facility. Adding those emissions lowers the overall on-site capture rate to perhaps as low as 55% to 58%. Petra Nova also was expected to be in operation some 85% of the time but failed to meet its target because so many technical problem

Petra Nova was an attempt to put carbon capture on a coal plant

THEY HAD TO ADD A FOSSIL GAS POWER TURBINE TO RUN THE CARBON CAPTURE

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There is a constituency in the Conservative Party for Poilievre’s antics, which is really the problem Voters are entitled to wonder, if he is so unguarded publicly, whether he is any more measured in private – and whether this thinking is the kind they want in a prime minister

Today's essential read for all Canadians.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/b49fedf...

David Olive: Is Mark Carney retreating from Canada’s climate change fight? In an astonishing reversal, Canada is poised to make big, long-term investments in projects that contribute to climate change rather than fight it, David Olive writes.

“All we know that is happening is that we've been removing existing climate policies,” @simondonner.bsky.social said. @ubcgeography.bsky.social @ires.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca www.thestar.com/business/is-...

I watched your testimony and thought it was excellent. Thank you!

Three key points in my recent gov't testimony about Canada's climate efforts:
1) The 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan, though bolder than past plans, was not sufficient
2) That plan is not being sufficiently implemented
3) Good climate policy is in the long-term economic interests of Canada

Canada must be 'crystal clear' that surtax on Chinese EVs will stay, head of auto association says The president of an association says the government must be "crystal clear" that it intends to keep its surtax on Chinese electric vehicles.

Not only should Canada look for ways to see more European models brought to Canada and bring back its rebate program, it should also lower Canada’s 100% tariff on Chinese EVs in a balanced way, says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social.

#cdnpoli

Mark Carney introduces tariff-relief plan that includes pause on EV mandate Carney will delay incoming sales mandates for zero-emission vehicles, and “amend” regulations for cleaner fuels to help automakers and other businesses hit by tariffs and support the biofuel sector.

"This policy is one of the key tools that we have to cut carbon pollution in Canada. Especially after the consumer carbon price was repealed, this policy is going to do a lot more heavy lifting," says @joannakyriazis.bsky.social. #cdnpoli

The Coming Ecological Cold War Decarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution.

Hey #polisci: we need more work like Gilman’s new FP piece: plausible scenarios of how world order is reorganized by climate, or more accurately, the shift from fossil to green assets. 🧵
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...

Canada’s utilities are looking for more clean power to meet rising demand—and getting more bids than they can buy.

Higher competition means lower-cost power and more social benefits like Indigenous equity.
Read more⬇️⚡️
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EV sales in Europe from January to July 2025, compared to same period in 2024. The share of fully internal combustion cars is declining quickly. At the same time, Tesla is losing market share.

European new car-sales from Jan–July 2025 were 59% battery electric, plug in, & hybrid, up from 49% last year. Fully electric cars rose from 12.5% to 15.6% of sales.

Big winner: VW & China’s BYD. Tesla suffered a 40% decline & now has less than 1% of Europe share.

www.reuters.com/business/aut...

Canada’s Chinese EV tariff not going away, Robertson says Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson said the Liberal government is keeping its tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, despite a strong desire for more affordable EVs.

Robertson said the government is weighing the demand-dampening effect of its tariffs on Chinese vehicles against the need to shield auto workers from US President Donald Trump’s tariff war against Canada.  www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/27/n...

Quebec announces partnership for wind power development in Eastern Quebec The Legault government announced a partnership with the Mi’gmaq community of Gesgapegiag, the Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est, and Hydro-Québec for wind power development in Eastern Quebec.

Great to see Hydro-Québec partner with Mi’gmaq community of Gesgapegiag and Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est to develop up to 6 GW of wind power—that's an enormous amount of new renewables and potential investment of $18 billion. 🌬️ ⚡
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

The Practice and Assessment of Science: Five Foundational Flaws in the Department of Energy's 2025 Climate Report Adopted by the Executive Committee of the AMS Council on 27 August 2025

Here is the official statement from the American Meteorological Society on the "foundational flaws" of the Department of Energy’s recent attempt to deny the reality of #climate change.

www.ametsoc.org/ams/about-am...

Right then...

A quick review of the DOE's new 'critical review' of climate science. Whether it's worth a formal community response - I'm still not sure, but here's my first thoughts

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Monthly fentanyl data from US border agency. Black line is Mexico. Yellow line is Canada.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

That war everybody wins bsky.app/profile/theo...

PR firm working for Shell wins COP30 media contract As calls grow to keep fossil fuel influence out of UN climate talks, campaigners say Edelman’s partnership with the oil and gas major raises an alarming conflict of interest As calls grow to keep foss...

This seems like an insane conflict of interest to me.

Great reporting from @climatechangenews.com

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/07/30/p...

Alex Himelfarb and Craig Scott: A bad bill, and a goodbye With support from the opposition Conservatives, the Liberal government is steamrolling Bill C-5, a bill of enormous consequence that will not get the serious scrutiny it deserves.

"This steamrolling of Bill C-5 will come back to haunt us. The failure to give Parliament the time up front will cost the country down the line given the divisiveness this bill has already engendered .... And the undue haste will no doubt cost time later in protests and legal wrangling." #cdnpoli

Thank you very much for posting this information.

Climate Action Network Canada calls on Senate to send Bill C-5 back to the drawing board - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac) The Senate is abdicating their vital role as the chamber of sober second thought by shortening the review process. Hearings of Bill C-5 start this week.

🚫 The Senate is fast-tracking Bill C-5—shortening their review & effectively shutting people out of decisions that affect them.

Bill C-5 jeopardizes democratic process, environmental protections, and Indigenous rights. The Senate must send it back to the drawing board.

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