'Alternative' energy and less energy

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is pitching new laws targeting provincial environmental groups as part of his party’s strategy to combat U.S. tariff threats.

Flanked by billboards reading “US millionaires are funding the destruction of B.C. economy” at a press conference Monday, Rustad argued the province needs legislation to ban B.C.-based environmental groups from receiving any U.S. funding for climate campaigns against oil and gas companies.

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Beyond the Shock Doctrine: A Conversation on Tariffs, Climate and Solidarity

25/02/25

Author:

CAN-Rac Canada

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YouTube

Beyond the Shock Doctrine: A Conversation on Tariffs, Climate and Solidarity

Feb 12, 2025

Climate crisis.

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A decade after his bombshell speech, Mark Carney is still pushing for a climate fix

24/02/25

Author:

Chris Hatch

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National Observer

Mark Carney is surrounded by supporters at a campaign event in Scarborough on Wed. Feb. 19. Photo by: Abdul Matin Sarfraz

Feb. 24, 2025

It’s been almost a decade since Mark Carney took the podium during a candlelit meal in the immense Underwriting Room at Lloyd's of London and threw a stink bomb at the black tied bigwigs of international finance.

“I’m going to give you a speech without a joke, I’m afraid,” Carney began. And then, after the requisite “grateful for the invitation” and up-buttering, Carney gave what’s been known ever since as the Tragedy of the Horizon speech.

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Kevin A. Young Authors New Book, ‘Abolishing Fossil Fuels’ - Review

21/02/25

Author:

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Link:

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Website editor: This recent book is very readable. Strategies for action!

April 29, 2024

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How to talk about the climate crisis

19/02/25

Author:

Chris Hatch

Link:

National Observer

Feb. 18, 2025

Should we even bother talking about climate change?

It’s a question you hear muttered more and more in environmental circles and even more brashly from those focused on clean energy: given the shift in public priorities and the state of politics, should climate advocates just stop talking about climate change?

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Who Benefits from BC’s Plan to Fast-Track Resource Projects?

10/02/25

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

Link:

The Tyee

BC Premier David Eby has promised to ‘expedite’ 19 natural resource projects in the face of a possible trade war with the United States. Photo via BC government Flickr.

Feb. 10, 2025

It’s been floated as a remedy to trade instability with the US. But experts raise four key caveats.

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Eby is fast-tracking a $3 billion-dollar transmission line in northern B.C. to power LNG and other polluting industries.

08/02/25

Author:

Stand.earth

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Stand.earth

B.C. Premier’s plan to fast-track approval of transmission lines for LNG threatens to increase hydro bills

Jan. 15, 2025

Press Release

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Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?

08/02/25

Author:

Laurie Adkin

Link:

National Observer

When U.S. President Donald Trump says Americans do not need Canada’s oil and gas, I say, “all the better for us.” Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is poised to swallow us all up?

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