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24/11/25
Author: 
Zoë Yunker
BC Hydro has curbed its expectations on the rollout of commercial and industrial electric vehicles, focusing instead on light-duty and personal vehicles. Photo by Tyler Olsen.

Nov. 24, 2025

The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.

Premier David Eby recently described British Columbia as Canada’s future “economic engine,” one that, in a nod to climate change, would be powered “by clean, reliable, affordable power.” Lots of it.

23/11/25
Author: 
Robert Kuttner
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, center, had the Working Families Party endorsement. Credit: Michael Nigro/Sipa USA via AP Images

Nov. 18, 2025

When the Working Families Party was founded in 1998, the idea was to take advantage of the fusion law in New York that allows candidates to run on more than one ballot line. That way, the WFP could work to help progressive candidates win primaries and run on both the Democratic Party line and the Working Families line. And unlike typical third parties splitting the progressive vote, the WFP would never be in the role of spoiler helping to elect a Republican.

23/11/25
Author: 
Barry Saxifrage

Nov. 21, 2025

"COPs" vs CO2

The primary force overheating our planet, destabilizing our climate, and acidifying our oceans is the ever-thickening blanket of fossil fuel CO2 piling up in our atmosphere. 

21/11/25
Author: 
Vinnie Collins
DSA protest, New York City.

Nov. 21, 2025

Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York’s Democratic Party primary for mayor in June 2025 and victory in the general election on November 4th has provided a dose of hope to a Left seeking a path forward amid a dire political landscape. His campaign succeeded by offering real solutions to working-class concerns – including on climate policy and its connection to New Yorkers’ material conditions.

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