Aaron Freeman
@aaronfreemanca.bsky.social
Policy expert & Clean50 Award recipient with 30+ years advancing environmental solutions and building environmental leadership. GreenPAC founder, author, and former Sr. Advisor to Ontario Premier. Policy. Politics. Planet 🌎
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Aaron Freeman
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In 10 years, BC’s gas production grew by more than 2/3, while methane emissions fell by more than 50%. It met its 2025 methane target 2 years early and is making good progress to 2030. We urgently need federal regulations ensuring the rest of Canada catches up. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Methane regulation is a climate-competitive home run
This year’s COP is a vital moment for Prime Minister Mark Carney to deliver on a key Canadian climate promise, showcase responsible energy development, and advance economic opportunities.
www.hilltimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In 10 years, BC’s gas production grew by more than 2/3, while methane emissions fell by more than 50%. It met its 2025 methane target 2 years early and is making good progress to 2030. We urgently need federal regulations ensuring the rest of Canada catches up. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...
Prince Edward Island’s bold new 10-year energy strategy could end dependence on imported power by 2035 - PVBuzzMedia pvbuzz.com/pei-10-year-...
Prince Edward Island’s bold new 10-year energy strategy could end dependence on imported power by 2035 - PVBuzzMedia
Prince Edward Island’s decade-long energy roadmap aims to boost on-Island wind and solar generation, modernize transmission systems, and protect consumers from rising energy costs—while setting the…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Prince Edward Island’s bold new 10-year energy strategy could end dependence on imported power by 2035 - PVBuzzMedia pvbuzz.com/pei-10-year-...
If Canada can pair industrial investment w/ demand-side policy we can secure jobs, lead in innovation and export to the world. If we continue with half a strategy we’ll watch others define the market while we pay for factories that never run at full capacity. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Who’s killing Canada’s EV dreams? It’s not just Trump and his tariffs
An effective EV strategy must invest in both building and developing domestic demand
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
If Canada can pair industrial investment w/ demand-side policy we can secure jobs, lead in innovation and export to the world. If we continue with half a strategy we’ll watch others define the market while we pay for factories that never run at full capacity. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Reposted by Aaron Freeman
We’re glad to see #methane mentioned in the #federalbudget —but actions speak louder than words. Canada needs clear targets and timelines to drive these emissions down and give our kids a chance at a livable future. Cut it now - for our kids, our air, our future.
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We’re glad to see #methane mentioned in the #federalbudget —but actions speak louder than words. Canada needs clear targets and timelines to drive these emissions down and give our kids a chance at a livable future. Cut it now - for our kids, our air, our future.
Unless Canada acts to diversify our auto industry and untie ourselves from the U.S., we’ll be pulled down and mired in the same automotive mess as the Americans. www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
Trump is turning America’s auto industry into a global backwater. Canada must now go its own way
North America’s once dominant auto industry may turn into a place where a couple of car companies churn out inferior, dirty vehicles for a captive consumer base that has no choice but to buy them
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Unless Canada acts to diversify our auto industry and untie ourselves from the U.S., we’ll be pulled down and mired in the same automotive mess as the Americans. www.theglobeandmail.com/drive/cultur...
Retired military leaders urging NATO leaders to count renewable energy investments as defence spending councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/u...
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Retired military leaders urging NATO leaders to count renewable energy investments as defence spending councilonstrategicrisks.org/wp-content/u...
Latest data shows the rapid growth of heat pumps in Canada 440megatonnes.ca/insight/late...
Latest data shows the rapid growth of heat pumps in Canada
Heat pumps continue their rise as primary heating systems in Canada, with almost half of New Brunswick homes now relying on them.
440megatonnes.ca
November 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Latest data shows the rapid growth of heat pumps in Canada 440megatonnes.ca/insight/late...
Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019 www.thebeaverton.com/2025/10/ford...
Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019
QUEEN’S PARK - After resale tickets to the Blue Jays’ World Series immediately skyrocketed into the thousands of dollars, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference to place the blame solely…
www.thebeaverton.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ford blames Jays playoff ticket gouging on asshole premier who scrapped Ticketmaster law in 2019 www.thebeaverton.com/2025/10/ford...
What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/31/w...
What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What to look for in Canada’s climate competitiveness strategy nationalnewswatch.com/2025/10/31/w...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It takes, it must be said, a certain cheek to call for loosening the limits on campaign contributions, at the very moment when the Ford government is embroiled in a massive scandal over, among other things, dodgy campaign contributions. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: What we need in this country is less money in politics, not more
If the electoral ideal is to give equal voice to equal votes, why is Ontario proposing to further amplify the political causes of the wealthy?
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
It takes, it must be said, a certain cheek to call for loosening the limits on campaign contributions, at the very moment when the Ford government is embroiled in a massive scandal over, among other things, dodgy campaign contributions. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Climate change will hurt Canada's GDP more than previously thought www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/29/n...
Climate change will hurt Canada's GDP more than previously thought
New economic research indicates Canada (and all countries) will see a larger hit to GDP thanks to climate change.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Climate change will hurt Canada's GDP more than previously thought www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/29/n...
Canadian government seems intent on yoking itself to American auto tariffs, even as King Donald turd bombs the Canadian auto sector and the Chinese go tit-for-tat against Canadian farmers. Are we really waiting for permission from Washington to shift gears?
Cheaper, cleaner — and not available here
Even as we rail in outrage at Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian government has imposed our own punishingly high tariffs on Chinese vehicles — high enough to ensure they are kept out of Canada and…
www.nationalobserver.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Canadian government seems intent on yoking itself to American auto tariffs, even as King Donald turd bombs the Canadian auto sector and the Chinese go tit-for-tat against Canadian farmers. Are we really waiting for permission from Washington to shift gears?
UK Clean Energy Plan Estimates 400,000 Extra Jobs by 2030 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
UK Clean Energy Plan Estimates 400,000 Extra Jobs by 2030 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The rise of the energy smart home - Clean Energy Canada
The rise of the energy smart home - Clean Energy Canada
Electricity demand is soaring worldwide, ushering in what the International Energy Agency calls the Age of Electricity. But this transition isn’t happening in isolation—it’s unfolding amid shifting…
cleanenergycanada.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The rise of the energy smart home - Clean Energy Canada
More jobs added to Ontario's clean economy: NextStar promised to hire 2,500 people at its Windsor EV battery plant.
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
More jobs added to Ontario's clean economy: NextStar promised to hire 2,500 people at its Windsor EV battery plant.
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💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
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Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
Internal combustion cars peaked in 2016. Tracking global data on electric vehicles ourworldindata.org/electric-car...
Tracking global data on electric vehicles
Explore data on electric car sales and stocks worldwide.
ourworldindata.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Internal combustion cars peaked in 2016. Tracking global data on electric vehicles ourworldindata.org/electric-car...
Nov 1 will see a 15% hike in electricity rates in Ontario. It will also mark the sixth month in a row that my house will have paid zero on our electricity bill, thanks to the solar panels on our roof. The case for solar keeps getting better: www.energyneighbour.ca
Energy Neighbour
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October 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Nov 1 will see a 15% hike in electricity rates in Ontario. It will also mark the sixth month in a row that my house will have paid zero on our electricity bill, thanks to the solar panels on our roof. The case for solar keeps getting better: www.energyneighbour.ca
Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations www.forourkids.ca/methane-webi...
Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations
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October 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Clean Air, Healthy Kids & Communities: The Case for Strong Methane Regulations www.forourkids.ca/methane-webi...
When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but maxfawcett.substack.com/p/when-blind...
When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but
Debunking Don Wright's well-meaning interventions on the subject
maxfawcett.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
When "blindingly obvious" facts about the energy transition are anything but maxfawcett.substack.com/p/when-blind...
Despite Trump's efforts to subsidize a coal industry revival, it still can't compete. "The failed sale underscores a continued low appetite for coal among utilities that are turning to cheaper natural gas and renewables such as wind and solar to generate electricity." apnews.com/article/trum...
US rejects bid to buy 167 million tons of coal on public lands for less than a penny per ton
Federal officials have rejected a company’s bid to acquire 167 million tons of coal on public lands in Montana for less than a penny per ton.
apnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Despite Trump's efforts to subsidize a coal industry revival, it still can't compete. "The failed sale underscores a continued low appetite for coal among utilities that are turning to cheaper natural gas and renewables such as wind and solar to generate electricity." apnews.com/article/trum...
So honoured to see our residential energy retrofit initiative, Energy Neighbour, standing alongside so many innovative leaders at the Clean50 Awards this week. Energy Neighbour receives 2026 Clean50 Award – Energy Neighbour energyneighbour.ca/energy-neigh...
Energy Neighbour receives 2026 Clean50 Award – Energy Neighbour
Energy Neighbour has been honoured as a Clean50 Top Project for 2026, recognized for being inspirational, innovative, informative, imitable and impactful: Energy Neighbour’s one-on-one no cost…
energyneighbour.ca
October 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So honoured to see our residential energy retrofit initiative, Energy Neighbour, standing alongside so many innovative leaders at the Clean50 Awards this week. Energy Neighbour receives 2026 Clean50 Award – Energy Neighbour energyneighbour.ca/energy-neigh...
Hopefully the PM is feeling the heat and the need to address climate in a meaningful way in the upcoming Climate Competitiveness Strategy, expected by the end of October.
'I'm The Same Me': Canada's Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record financialpost.com/pmn/business...
'I'm The Same Me': Canada's Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record financialpost.com/pmn/business...
'I'm The Same Me': Canada's Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’s focused on climate policies likely to have the greatest impact at a time of strained resources and multiple crises, de…
financialpost.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hopefully the PM is feeling the heat and the need to address climate in a meaningful way in the upcoming Climate Competitiveness Strategy, expected by the end of October.
'I'm The Same Me': Canada's Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record financialpost.com/pmn/business...
'I'm The Same Me': Canada's Mark Carney Defends His Climate Record financialpost.com/pmn/business...
More jobs added to Ontario's clean economy: NextStar promised to hire 2,500 people at its Windsor EV battery plant. The company says it's halfway there | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
NextStar promised to hire 2,500 people at its Windsor EV battery plant. The company says it's halfway there | CBC News
The company says its 1,000th employee is a quality inspector moving to Windsor from Ottawa.
www.cbc.ca
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
More jobs added to Ontario's clean economy: NextStar promised to hire 2,500 people at its Windsor EV battery plant. The company says it's halfway there | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...