Industry Spin

21/08/26
Author: 
Nathan Griffiths
B.C. spent an average of $525 million a year on wildfire suppression from 2016-2025. This is the Bald Range fire near Summerland on Aug. 10. Photo by B.C. Wildfire Service /Government of B.C.

“To be honest, there aren’t really good data on the cost of climate change,” co-author Andy Hira said, something he attributed to “willful ignorance” among policy-makers reluctant to link fossil fuel production to the costs it helps create.

Aug. 19, 2026

15/06/26
Author: 
Andrew Nikiforuk
Like a ‘mighty gyre,’ the data centre industry exerts a fierce pull. But resistance is growing. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jun. 15, 2026

Data centres gobble vast capital, land, water and energy while forcing locals to endure ‘heat islands.’ Who voted for this?

“While technological successes are celebrated, the social fabric is progressively eroded, as if by a silent virus.” — Pope Leo XIV

29/05/26
Author: 
Mitchell Beer
TGEGASENGINEERING/Wikimedia Commons

May 27, 2026

A German utility’s decision to buy a million tonnes of gas per year from the yet-to-be-built Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in British Columbia may help the project secure the investors it needs, but still falls short of the energy trade breakthrough the federal government is claiming, independent analysts say.

24/05/26
Author: 
Nessie Nankivell
Open pit mine and US flag

May 22, 2026

By fast-tracking critical minerals, Canada is not simply building a green economy. It is being further integrated into the U.S. war industry

Even as Prime Minister Mark Carney touts his plans to protect Canada’s economic sovereignty, the country’s critical minerals are making their way into U.S. weapons. 

22/05/26
Author: 
Justin Brake
NF finance minister

May 15, 2026

Finance minister says yes, but ATI requests show there’s no plan for how to do both — and reveal significant unpublished emissions estimates

Newfoundland and Labrador is continuing on its path of extractivism without any evidence it will be able to meet its climate targets. But the province’s finance minister isn’t worried and says his government “can do both at the same time” — working toward a just transition while expanding fossil fuel production.

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