Climate Change

14/02/26
Author: 
Seth Klein
The New Robber Barons

Some good information here, both data and organizing efforts.

           -- Gene McGuckin

Feb. 13, 2026

Hello friends!

A bit of a hodgepodge of items to share today, most of which seek to make sense of the public landscape with respect to the interconnected crises of climate and inequality.

10/02/26
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Green Leader Emily Lowan: ‘It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests.’ Photo via BC Greens.

Feb. 9, 2026

‘They haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent.’

The BC Green Party is ending its formal support for the NDP in the legislature, citing the government’s failure to make enough progress on key issues.

“It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests,” Green Leader Emily Lowan said in a statement Monday morning. “This government isn’t willing to support workers — they haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent — we will.”

10/02/26
Author: 
Rhiannon Fox Melissa Lem Emiko Newman Sunil Singal Alexandra Woodsworth
Polling clearly demonstrates that the higher your knowledge about the causes of climate change, the more likely you are to support climate policies. Photo: Pikrepo.com

Feb. 10, 2026

The final months of 2025 were not kind to those concerned about the fate of our planet.

Rollbacks of hard-won climate policies and plans swept across the country like the seasonal flu. Vancouver city council passed an aggressively anti-climate budget despite hundreds of people showing up to speak to council in opposition. 

08/02/26
Author: 
Environmental Defence
High speed rail

Feb. 2, 2026

Statement from Sam Hersh, Clean Transportation Program Manager

06/02/26
Author: 
Mary Stuart
Prime Minister Mark Carney. Credit: Mark Carney Facebook account

Jan. 27, 2026

It’s an energy agenda seemingly at odds with the prime minister’s previous stated commitments to addressing climate change.

A key goal of the Mark Carney government is to “increase our oil production”, according to the Canadian prime minister’s former Chief of Staff Marco Mendicino.

06/02/26
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President Flavio Volpe shows Prime Minister Mark Carney, front right, the Project Arrow 2.0 prototype vehicle during a tour of an auto-parts plant, Woodbridge, Ont., February 5, 2026. Photo by: Eduardo Lima / The Canadian Press

Feb. 5, 2026

Another Justin Trudeau-era climate policy is now history: Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrapping the electric vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with “more stringent” fuel-efficiency standards and EV purchase rebates.

06/02/26
Author: 
Nick Gottlieb
Photo by Gatis Rozenfelds/Flickr

Prime Minister Carney’s now-famous speech at Davos outlined a vision of Canada charting a path as a “middle power” between increasingly belligerent “great powers” dominating a lawless planet.

But his speech left out something critical.

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