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The disheartening spectacle occurring south of the border (and I am not talking about the careful ballot counting) announces a betrayal of America by its elites combined with a profound denial of reality during the twilight of an empire.

On one side of the Great Divide stand the professional class, or the so-called urban liberal elites. They include the Obamas, the Clintons and Joe Biden, a candidate so bereft of ideas it is shocking.

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‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis

11/11/20

Author:

Damian Carrington

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The Guardian

Greta Thunberg: ‘The climate crisis is just one symptom of a much larger crisis.’ Photograph: Jessica Gow/AP

Nov. 9, 2020

Exclusive: Leaders are happy to set targets for decades ahead, but flinch when immediate action is needed, she says

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There Was Actually a Lot of Good News for the Left on Election Day

09/11/20

Author:

Liza Featherstone

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Jacobin Magazine

In New York, Democratic Socialist of America–endorsed Julia Salazar was reelected to State Senate. (Photo courtesy Julia Salazar)

Nov. 6, 2020

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AOC said she might quit politics, as some centrist Democrats blame progressives for House losses

09/11/20

Author:

Kelsey Vlamis

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Business Insider

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - The Bronx native said the Democratic party has been hostile to progressive causes, like Medicare for All and the Movement for Black Lives. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images

Nov. 7, 2020

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the New York Times in an interview that she might quit politics, depending on the hostility of her own party towards progressive causes.

"I don't even know if I want to be in politics," she told The Times. "You know, for real, in the first six months of my term, I didn't even know if I was going to run for re-election this year."

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Canada needs more resilient energy sector, oilpatch worker group says

04/11/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

Workers wearing Iron & Earth clothing set up solar panels. Photo courtesy of Iron & Earth / Facebook

November 4th 2020

A director at a group of oilsands workers committed to renewable energy development says the pandemic has demonstrated the need to build a better Canada that’s more equal and more resilient.

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Vancouver’s climate plan is too costly, runs risk of damaging local businesses: public policy professor

04/11/20

Author:

Frances Bula

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The Globe and Mail

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks past the boarded up shops along Robson Street in downtown Vancouver on May 4, 2020. JONATHAN HAYWARD/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Special to The Globe and Mail

November 2, 2020

Vancouver’s climate-emergency response plan relies too much on new fees for average residents and on expensive regulation for buildings, says a public policy professor who is a member of provincial and national groups working on solutions to climate change.

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Fracking shatters illusions of a clean B.C.

02/11/20

Author:

Peter McCartney

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Straight

CNRL West Stoddart gas plant PETER MCCARTNEY/WILDERNESS COMMITTEE

October 30th, 2020

Wind howls in my ears. My fingers are numb. It’s midnight and I’m on top of Pink Mountain, near Mile 147 of the Alaska Highway in northeastern British Columbia. As I look out into the night, dozens of gas plants light up the horizon. This is fracking country.

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Nov. 12, 2020

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