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01/12/25
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

23/11/25
Author: 
Robert Kuttner
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, had the Working Families Party endorsement. Credit: Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via AP Images

Nov. 18, 2025

When the Working Families Party was founded in 1998, the idea was to take advantage of the fusion law in New York that allows candidates to run on more than one ballot line. That way, the WFP could work to help progressive candidates win primaries and run on both the Democratic Party line and the Working Families line. And unlike typical third parties splitting the progressive vote, the WFP would never be in the role of spoiler helping to elect a Republican.

21/11/25
Author: 
Vinnie Collins
DSA protest, New York City.

Nov. 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.

21/11/25
Author: 
Gabriela Calugay-Casuga
Part of the Keystone fossil fuel pipeline system. Credit: shannonpatrick17 / Flickr

Nov. 20, 2025

Earlier this year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board dropped its net-zero greenhouse gas emission commitment.

The board managing Canada’s largest pension fund has committed an estimated $7.1 billion to new oil, gas, coal and pipeline assets in the last year despite facing litigation for allegedly mismanaging climate related financial risks in its investment portfolio. 

20/11/25
Author: 
Spencer Chrisman
screen shot from TV

Nov. 18, 2025

20K students initially reported absent Monday amid Border Patrol operation

 Watch clip here: https://www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/over-30k-charlotte-mecklenburg-students-absent-monday-school-officials-say/

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Over 30,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg School students were actually absent on Monday, officials said -- an increase of nearly 9,500 from what was first reported.

20/11/25
Author: 
Geoff Meggs
Premier David Eby’s speech at the NDP convention in Victoria Saturday was part of a successful campaign to maintain party support. Photo by Chad Hipolito, the Canadian Press.

Website editor: Also missing: the existential climate crisis? growing inequality, (taxing wealth?), the cost of living?

Nov. 20, 2025

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