Canada

“Not now, El Niño,” pleads the astrophysicist-turned climate scientist, Kate Marvel. On top of the fossil fuel crisis and conflicts derailing the world, it appears that Mother Nature is about to provide the umpteenth lesson that we mess with the grand cycles of the Earth to our peril.

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Canada

First Nations Tell Aaron Gunn: ‘Chillax, Bud’

13/03/26

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andrea bennett

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The Tyee

Land acknowledgements ‘reinforce the radical and dangerous legal concept that most Canadians live on “stolen land,”’ wrote MP Aaron Gunn. Photo via Facebook. Collage by The Tyee.

Mar. 12, 2026

The MP denounced land acknowledgements Tuesday. By Wednesday, the response had gone viral. A Tyee Q&A with Hegus John Hackett.

Four First Nations with territories in Aaron Gunn’s North Island–Powell River riding had a message for the Conservative MP last night: “Chillax, bud.”

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Oil, Capitalism, and Climate /w Adam Hanieh

12/03/26

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Socialist Project

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Left Streamed

Oil, Capitalism, and Climate /w Adam Hanieh

Mar. 8, 2026

Watch here: https://socialistproject.ca/leftstreamed-video/oil-capitalism-climate-w-adam-hanieh/ [Closed captions helps as sound quality is poor!]

We are honoured to welcome author and academic Adam Hanieh back to Toronto to deliver this year’s talk. This event marks the fourth edition of the school’s annual lecture, held in the memory of the late Leo Panitch.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Military miseries and bloody oil wars

09/03/26

Author:

Chris Hatch

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National Observer

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House on March 1, 2026, in Washington. Photo by: Jose Luis Magana / The Associated Press

Mar. 9. 2026

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Financial considerations likely behind LNG Canada flare fix delay: experts

28/02/26

Author:

Lauren Watson

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The Narwhal

Experts question why the B.C. government isn't doing more to get LNG Canada back in line with permit requirements as flaring issue persists. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Canada’s first major liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant, on the B.C. coast, has been having problems with a key piece of equipment since the facility fired up in late 2024. The companies behind the project, a consortium of foreign-owned corporations, have said it will take three years to fix the problem — a timeline experts have questions about.

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Danielle Smith Is No Separatist. She’s Much Worse

23/02/26

Author:

Emmett Macfarlane

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The Tyee

Premier Danielle Smith’s TV address set out ‘a cruel, inherently racist agenda, straight from the far-right populist playbook in the United States.’ Photo by Amber Bracken, the Canadian Press.

Feb. 23, 2026

The premier’s referendum plan is destructive, divisive and ultimately evil.

In a televised address Thursday night Alberta Premier Danielle Smith launched a xenophobic assault on immigration and proposed a set of referendum questions for this fall advocating a constitutional agenda that would reduce Canada to a rump of pathetic, disaggregated fiefdoms.

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China’s carbon curve may be bending at last

17/02/26

Author:

Chris Hatch

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National Observer

Chefs prepare to cook buns in a solar cooker that using a metal and glass vacuum tube heated by mirrors curved to capture the sun's heat in Dezhou in the eastern Shandong province in China. This is just one clean energy innovation helping China to reduce its carbon emissions. Photo by: Fu Ting/AP

Feb. 17, 2026

It’s being hailed as “the biggest and most consequential climate story in the world right now,” by people in the know: after decades of soaring climate pollution, China may have cut carbon emissions last year.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy