Climate Change

Mark Carney, the central banker, was the thought leader the climate movement needed: someone who could translate the reality of climate change into the language of finance. As prime minister, he is torching the country’s climate policies, while pouring government time and resources into new fossil fuel infrastructure. To state the obvious, these are not the decisions of a climate champion.

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Alberta

A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

01/12/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

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The method to Mark Carney’s madness

29/11/25

Author:

Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Mark Carney's "grand bargain" with Alberta represents a big swing on an important issue for the prime minister. Photo by Natasha Bulowski

"Gripping Article/Discussion on Carney Pipeline Deal "- Gene McGuckin

Nov. 27, 2025

Liberal prime ministers aren’t supposed to get standing ovations in Calgary, much less from a room packed full of mostly-Conservative business leaders and provincial cabinet ministers who spent the better part of a decade honing their hatred of the Trudeau government. But Mark Carney, for better or worse — more on that in a moment — is clearly not your average Liberal prime minister. After all, he got two standing ovations.

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Climate Change and Labour Precarity: A Worker-Centred Agenda

28/11/25

Author:

Leah Montange

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The Bullet

Nov. 28, 2025

Just as the COP30 meeting in Belen, Brazil, has ended, the last week of November is Canada Climate Week Xchange. We could hope this is good news, but instead of the week’s activities being sponsored by traditional climate organizations or climate innovators, it is organized by the Toronto Stock Exchange.

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CleanBC review: B.C. isn't close to meeting climate goals and LNG development makes path tougher

28/11/25

Author:

Alec Lazenby

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Vancouver Sun

Kitimat has long been an industrial hotbed, including the new LNG Canada plant, seen here flaring in the background. Photo by Government of B.C.

Nov. 26, 2025

Independent reviewers Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz said it's time to set more realistic climate targets for 2030 and beyond

B.C. needs to “recalibrate” its approach to climate action and have a serious conversation about how expanding liquefied natural gas fits into the province’s goals of reducing emissions, according to an independent review of the government’s CleanBC plan.

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Media Release: CleanBC Review directs government to cleaner, safer and more affordable transportation direction

28/11/25

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Bike Hub

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Bike Hub

Nov. 26, 2025

The newly released independent CleanBC Review shows how implementing the existing CleanBC plan would improve affordability, health, and safety.

“Protecting children and future generations from climate disasters can make life better and more affordable now,” said Eric Doherty, BC Climate Emergency Campaign transportation working group lead. “The Review points out that improving public transit, walking, rolling and cycling makes life more affordable, while also reducing carbon pollution.”

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LNG Is the ‘Elephant in the Room’ at BC Climate Plan Update

28/11/25

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood and Zoë Yunker

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The Tyee

Having been recruited to evaluate BC’s climate plans, Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz pronounced them achievable — but at risk if the province’s LNG industry rapidly expands. Photo for The Tyee by Zoë Yunker.

Nov. 26, 2025

The province’s plan to reduce emissions can be salvaged. But expansion of gas exports needs scrutiny, reviewers say.

B.C.’s road map to lower carbon emissions and reduce global warming is working, but it needs adjusting to account for economic shifts, the affordability crisis and regional differences, says a team tasked with reviewing B.C.’s CleanBC climate plan.

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Canada Calls Its Reactors Peaceful. It’s Not So Simple

28/11/25

Author:

Michael Harris i

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The Tyee

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, announces $3 billion in funding for a new kind of nuclear reactor with Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Ontario on Oct. 23. Photo by Laura Proctor, the Canadian Press.

Nov. 28, 2025

A venerable anti-nuclear war group says Carney’s SMR funding could fuel a new arms race.

With the planet running a carbon-induced fever and desperate to replace fossil fuels, Canada is one of the countries turning to nuclear energy.

Not everyone is pleased. That includes a 45-year-old organization known as the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

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Carney's latest pipedream (fraud) explained

26/11/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Nov. 26, 2025

A forthcoming deal between the federal government and Alberta for a new oil pipeline, reportedly set to be announced Thursday, promises to ignite a political firestorm.

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Climate Change

Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water.

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Independent reviewers Merran Smith and Dan Woynillowicz said it's time to set more realistic climate targets for 2030 and beyond

The province’s plan to reduce emissions can be salvaged. But expansion of gas exports needs scrutiny, reviewers say.

A venerable anti-nuclear war group says Carney’s SMR funding could fuel a new arms race.

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