Canada

22/07/26
Author: 
Max Fawcett
Mark Carney has spent much of the summer talking up the importance of fossil fuels. Now, with wildfire smoke covering large parts of eastern Canada, it might be time for him to do the same for the other side of the energy equation. File photo by: Natasha Bulowski / Canada's National Observer

Jul. 21, 2026

Mark Carney wants to make Canada more like Norway. He has some work to do

It’s back. As dangerous wildfire smoke blanketed much of the northeast part of our continent, the conversation about our new climate change-driven normal returned with a depressingly predictable vengeance. So too did the loopy comments from Republican politicians in the United States, reflecting a fundamental misunderstanding of both climate science and geographic realities. 

17/07/26
Author: 
BC Climate Emergency Campaign
BCCEC

Jul. 15, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Prominent New Democrats and community leaders raise the alarm over Premier Eby + caucus support for LNG and call for renewed provincial climate leadership, amid worsening climate disasters
Signatories in open letter say British Columbia no longer has a climate plan

08/07/26
Author: 
Kyle Bakx, Nora Young, Rukhsar Ali ·
A boom in hyperscale AI data centres in Canada is coming, promising economic opportunity and tech sovereignty, but as CBC’s Nora Young explains, there’s a growing resistance to the impact the massive, power-hungry facilities have on local communities.

Jun.4, 2026

So far, Canada has 5 hyperscale data centres. Another 96 are in development.

Video: watch here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7222364

A new national AI strategy by the federal government this week comes at a time when the country is confronting a wave of new high-powered data centres, while public sentiment could be souring on the impacts of the new technology.

08/07/26
Author: 
Charlie Angus
Protestors marching on May 23 raised concerns about the impact of the AI data centres as Metro Vancouver faces tighter water restrictions. (Anaïs Elboujdaïni/Radio-Canada)

Jul. 8, 2026

Last month, Wired Magazine reported that Chinese researchers are growing increasingly concerned about the danger of a “Chernobyl” moment in the race to create superhuman intelligence.

The AI arms race, involving China, the United States, and a range of private-sector interests, is unfolding at a dizzying pace. It is a race to create the ultimate power machine, and there are no guardrails or protections for the public.

One Chinese researcher stated that it is like “driving faster and faster while the road gets narrower and the fog gets thicker.”

05/07/26
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
Shattered glass by Jef Poskanzer CC 2.0/wikimedia commons

 

Carney finally shows which side he's on! FIGHT ON FOR THE CHILDREN!!!!

      - Gene McGuckin

Jul. 5, 2026

Carney seals the pipeline deal, and his energy minister touts a $43-billion taxpayer bailout as a good investment. Would you buy a used “energy superpower” strategy from these guys?

“Trust is probably the most sought-after commodity now.”

30/06/26
Author: 
Sonal Gupta
Guerric Haché, an organizer with NO AI Vancouver, a group founded by 18-year-old university student Torin LaRocque to oppose proposed AI data centres in the city. Photo by: Sonal Gupta / Canada’s National Observer.

Jun. 29, 2026

A national protest movement against AI data centres is emerging in Canada, as residents in a dozen cities push back against the speed and scale of projects they say could strain supplies of water and power and the quality of life in their communities.

19/06/26
Author: 
Patrick DeRochie
LNG investments are particularly short-sighted for pension funds, which are mandated to invest for the long-term and are distinctly exposed to systemic climate risks. Photo courtesy: Shutterstock

Jun. 19, 2026

CPPIB is financing four LNG terminals — and may risk even more

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is financing four liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals — and signalling there could be more to come — despite the industry bringing worsening climate damage and escalating financial risks to the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).

18/06/26
Author: 
Charles Rusnell
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith rejected an independent report on electoral boundaries, creating a new body weighted with UCP appointees to decide. Photo by Sean Kilpatrick, the Canadian Press.

Jun. 17, 2026

Smith’s Power Plays Depend on These Hand-Picked Appointees

Think redrawing ridings and pricing separation are jobs for impartial experts? Here are the UCP choices.

How will Alberta’s ridings be reshaped and who will draw the lines? The answers could affect the outcome of future elections for generations. But New Democrats claim Premier Danielle Smith has brazenly tilted the scales in her party’s favour.

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