Climate Change

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

17/02/26
Author: 
Damian Carrington
Link: 
The Guardian
The world risks being locked into a new and hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Feb. 11, 2026

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

The world is closer than thought to a “point of no return” after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said.

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Climate Change
Climate Science
Global
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China’s carbon curve may be bending at last

17/02/26
Author: 
Chris Hatch
Link: 
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
Canada
Climate Change
Global
Social
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Japan Successfully Beams Solar Power from Space to Earth in Historic Energy Test

16/02/26
Author: 
Jonas Muthoni
Link: 
Microgrid Media
Japan Successfully Beams Solar Power from Space to Earth in Historic Energy Test

 Feb. 16, 2026 

Japan has achieved a breakthrough in renewable energy by wirelessly transmitting electricity from orbit to Earth for the first time.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully sent power collected by solar panels in space to a ground station using microwave transmission. The test proves that clean energy can be harvested beyond the planet and delivered without physical cables.

The demonstration marks a critical step toward space-based solar farms that could one day power cities with continuous, weather-proof renewable energy.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy
Climate Change
Energy
Environmental Groups
Global
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Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda

15/02/26
Author: 
Taylor Noakes
Link: 
DeSmog
President Donald Trump. Credit: Gage Skidmore (CC by 2.0)

Feb 6, 2026

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing — and profiting from — U.S. President Donald Trump’s fossil fuel and AI development agenda, DeSmog has learned.

The CPPIB has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. since Trump’s return to office. It has partnered with private equity firms to acquire American oil and gas producers, and financed AI companies like Elon Musk’s xAI.

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Canada
Capitalism
Climate Change
Coal
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
Social
USA
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Trying to make sense of the public mood

14/02/26
Author: 
Seth Klein
Link: 
Substack
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.

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Social
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BC Hydro’s draft Integrated Resources Plan and the future of energy policy in BC

14/02/26
Author: 
Marc Lee
Link: 
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
BC Hydro’s draft Integrated Resources Plan and the future of energy policy in BC

Feb. 13, 2026

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Energy
Social
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Valentine to Prime Minister Carney

13/02/26
Author: 
Ann Grant
Carney Valentine

Category: 
Climate Change
Global
Social
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Valentine to Prime Minister Carney

13/02/26
Author: 
Ann Grant

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Canada
Climate Change
Global
Social
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Greens End Deal to Back NDP, Citing Policy Failures

10/02/26
Author: 
Andrew MacLeod
Link: 
The Tyee
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.”

Category: 
British Columbia
Climate Change
Labour - Unions
Social
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British Columbians want gas out of buildings, cleaner alternatives: poll

10/02/26
Author: 
Rhiannon Fox Melissa Lem Emiko Newman Sunil Singal Alexandra Woodsworth
Link: 
National Observer
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. 

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British Columbia
Climate Change
LNG - Fracking
Social
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