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Where are the customers? Why the idea of a pipeline to Asia is built on Fantasy

11/12/25

Author:

Markham Hislop

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Canadian Association of the Club of Rome

pipeline in the ocean - Asia is electrifying. It doesn't need or want Alberta's ultra heavy sour crude

Dec. 6, 2025

Posted by: Richard van der Jagt

Where Are the Customers? Why the Idea of a Pipeline to Asia Is Built on a Fantasy
Asia is electrifying. It doesn’t need or want Alberta’s ultra heavy sour crude.
MARKHAM HISLOP
DEC 06, 2025

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This post first appeared on Markham Hislop’s Thoughtful Energy Journalism blog on November 28, 2025. Republished with permission.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined

11/12/25

Author:

Jake Johnson

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Common Dreams

People attend a demonstration in support of taxing the super-rich in São Paulo, Brazil on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Miguel Schincariol/AFP via Getty Images)

Dec. 10, 2025

“The choices we make in the coming years will determine whether the global economy continues down a path of extreme concentration or moves toward shared prosperity.”

A landmark report on global inequality published Wednesday shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year, leaving the top 0.001%—fewer than 60,000 multimillionaires—with three times more wealth than the poorest half of the world’s population combined.

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LETTER: Pipelines and LNG terminals don’t lead to cleaner future

08/12/25

Author:

Jane Welton

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Vancouver Island Free Daily

Dec. 7, 2025

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Massive New Port in Peru Threatens Amazon

07/12/25

Author:

Inside Climate News

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Georgina Gustin

The cranes of a new megaport tower behind the town of Chancay, Peru. Credit: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images

Dec. 1, 2025

A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge

The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem.

Eleventh in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world.

CHANCAY, Peru—The elevator doors leading to the fifth-floor control center open like stage curtains onto a theater-sized screen.

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The Many Faces of (In)Equality

06/12/25

Author:

Sam Gindin

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The Bullet

Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality,

Dec. 5, 2025

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The Crofton Mill Closure Highlights Multiple Government Failures

06/12/25

Author:

Ben Parfitt

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The Tyee

Premier David Eby visited the Crofton pulp mill in 2023 to announce government funding to help the facility. The company returned the money after it curtailed paper production. Photo via BC government.

Dec. 5, 2025

Raw log exports, capital flight and shuttered mills signal the fall of BC’s forestry sector.

The provincial Conservatives wasted no time calling for Forests Minister Ravi Parmar’s head this week after Domtar announced it would soon shutter its Crofton pulp mill.

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France recalls Canadian lentils as Carney weakens pesticide rules

06/12/25

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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National Observer

Dec. 5, 2025

Canadian lentils are exposing simmering tensions between Carney's European trade ambitions and his government's proposal to eliminate a key part of Canada's pesticide risk assessment, observers say.

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