Julia Levin

Carney’s government is cutting hundreds of environment and science jobs. Here’s what that means for Canadians | CBC Radio Scientists and labour leaders are warning that cuts to Environment and Climate Change Canada could significantly impact the health and safety of Canadians as well as Canada's wildlife and environment.

Strong environmental laws depend on strong public scientific capacity. Cutting ECCC science & policy capacity weakens enforcement, accountability, & the protections Canadians rely on for clean air, water, and a stable climate.

Statement: Federal Government’s Decision to Scrap EV Standard Is a Huge Setback - Environmental Defence Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager  Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People –  The

Carney's decision to scrap EV standard is a huge setback, no matter what his cheerleaders say

While the rest of the world advances on EVs, Canada continues to lag behind at the very short-sightes behest of auto lobbyists

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Statement: $5 Billion in Transit Cuts a Huge Step Backwards - Environmental Defence Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Cutting $5

Last week, the govt finally admitted they cut public $5 billion from the Canada Public Transit Fund.

Without predictable federal funding, cities will be forced to cut service or raise fares outcomes that disproportionately hurt low-income riders.

From me on behalf of @environmentaldefence.ca:

Governments have been fighting over definitions for nearly two decades...as a distraction from actually phasing them out. The WTO has had a clear definition for years

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Major cities around the world are banning fossil fuel advertising

Canadian cities should follow this smart trend

UPDATE:

In an unsettling twist, the Alberta Ethics Commissioner Shawn McLeod has refused to investigate the potential conflicts of interest of Mr. David Yager.

China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift Wind and solar combined are projected to account for about half of China’s total installed power capacity

China is set to have more solar power capacity than coal for the first time this year, marking a “historic” milestone in the country’s energy transition.

@stuti.bsky.social

Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records - Carbon Brief Coal power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, after each nation added record amounts of clean energy

Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records

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New Frontiers: Alberta's Path to Economic Renewal - Environmental Defence Alberta stands at a crossroads. For over fifty years, oil and gas have powered our economy, but global markets are shifting decisively toward renewable energy. This is both a potential crisis and an o...

I'm very pleased to present New Frontiers, an energy transition guide for Alberta. This first-of-its-kind document maps out how Canada's most oil-dependent province can end its reliance on crude oil royalties. environmentaldefence.ca/report/new-f... #energytransition

What about this oped are you praising? A call for more oil exports or more defence spending? Either way, It's disappointing from someone who claims climate credentials.

So Carney took an axe to one of the last remaining pieces of climate policy

There is NO reason to cancel a ban on single use plastics - this shows how beholden to fossil fuel interests he is

Carney is destroying climate progress faster than any Conservative government

So Carney is "consulting" over industrial carbon pricing...over the holidays??!!

How much clearer can it be that he has no desire for public input....

So much for democracy

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Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of Big Oil’s Playbook - Environmental Defence About The Backgrounder: Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of Big Oil's Playbook is our new backgrounder that exposes ten coordinated tactics used Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of B...

#MEDIA🚨 Big Oil’s playbook revealed! Our new illustrated backgrounder exposes the 10 tactics the fossil fuel industry uses to delay climate action and keep Canada hooked on oil and gas 🌍🔥Check it out here environmentaldefence.ca/report/drawn...

Chiefs from Treaty 8 First Nations are on Parliament Hill today to voice their objections to the Alberta-Ottawa MOU

The #AgeofElectricity is here.⚡

The electricity sector is the world’s LARGEST energy employer, adding nearly 4 million jobs in 5 years. In Canada, more than 4% of the workforce is employed in energy – almost double the global average. 🧵1/3

We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom

Imperialist pirates

The Carney government clearly has a major problem with the whole concept of accountability. Instead of strengthening 🇨🇦s laws, they keep legislating themselves new ways to circumvent them.

Rather than changing things like the Endangered Species Act, they just choose where it will & won't apply. 🧵1/

This is how oil & gas companies expolit communities in rural Alberta 👇

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

Human rights groups are sounding the alarm on Bill C-12, the government's border and immigration bill - calling it straight out of the Trump playbook

"Canada should not be violating migrants’ rights, especially those of women and children”

I quit Mark Carney’s cabinet. This is what I hope happens next Canada is giving up too much for the sake of this grand bargain.

A must read from @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social

Carney's deal with Alberta is "a fire sale rather than a grand bargain"

"What is incomprehensible is that Canadians appear to be getting nothing in return for all that is being sacrificed."

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Oh. I see.

Carney, this is unacceptable.

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Austerity for everyone else, billions for the defence sector - that's the Carney way

Forget climate action when we could be building weapons that kill

What a bad take

Either they have zero climate literacy or they're deeply beholden to Smith & fossil fuel interests....or both?

One thing is clear, they don't care about climate science...or a livable future

By adding direct investment credits into an already oversupplied market, Alberta makes the MOU’s minimum effective credit price harder to achieve. Just one week after the grand bargain, Alberta… | Da... By adding direct investment credits into an already oversupplied market, Alberta makes the MOU’s minimum effective credit price harder to achieve. Just one week after the grand bargain, Alberta publi...

Well Max's take didn't age well - Alberta has ALREADY reformed TIER to further weaken carbon pricing - Carney threw it all away and got absolutely nothing in exchange

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By adding direct investment credits into an already oversupplied market, Alberta makes the MOU’s minimum effective credit price harder to achieve. Just one week after the grand bargain, Alberta… | Da... By adding direct investment credits into an already oversupplied market, Alberta makes the MOU’s minimum effective credit price harder to achieve. Just one week after the grand bargain, Alberta publi...

To everyone who though Carney's 'deal' with Alberta would result in stronger carbon pricing, it took Smith just a week to show how wrong that was

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'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...

In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.

Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.

The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.

Just before the MOU....🫠