Oil - Pipelines

B.C. has quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, the long-running agency that produced and implemented climate policy across government ministries.

In an email to staff viewed by The Tyee, Peter Pokorny, deputy minister of energy and climate solutions, said that “to align with key priorities” some secretariat staff would move to new subject matter, including supporting LNG, pipelines and gas fracking.

The Tyee has learned this includes at least 10 of the secretariat’s former staff members.

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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

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

24/02/26

Author:

Damian Carrington

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The Guardian

Economic models assume the future will behave like the past, despite the burning of fossil fuels pushing the Earth into uncharted territory. Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA

Feb. 5, 2026

States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

Flawed economic models mean the accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash, experts warn.

Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash, they said, as “we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks”.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

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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Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda

15/02/26

Author:

Taylor Noakes

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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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Mark Carney’s Goal Is to ‘Increase Our Oil Production,’ Says Former Chief of Staff

06/02/26

Author:

Mary Stuart

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Desmog

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.

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Canada

Climate Change

Oil - Pipelines

Carney replaces EV sales mandate with rebates and regulations

06/02/26

Author:

Natasha Bulowski

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National Observer

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.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

It’s time for something bolder than Carney’s path of appeasement

06/02/26

Author:

Nick Gottlieb

Link:

Canadian Dimension

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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