Adam Scott
@adamscott.bsky.social
Climate/energy expertise. Executive Director of Shift. Dad. Canadian. Electrified. Tkaronto/Mnidoo Gamii 340ppm.
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notes on gatesnotes, in a thread
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
notes on gatesnotes, in a thread
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
"A new way to look at the problem" - er, no, he's been running this line for DECADES
On the headline: you can absolutely guarantee anyone presenting themselves as telling tough, hard truths is about to deliver some self-aggrandising nonsense
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💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
Legal Challenge to Protect CPP from Climate Risk — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
www.shiftaction.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
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The fact that it’s still blaming the EV mandate (among other things), after Carney obligingly suspended it only for the companies to start moving production to the U.S. anyway, is almost self parody.
October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The fact that it’s still blaming the EV mandate (among other things), after Carney obligingly suspended it only for the companies to start moving production to the U.S. anyway, is almost self parody.
Not a snowball's chance in hell we would ever let this happen. #abpoli #onpoli Danielle Smith says she's "trying to figure out if we could get #oil to Thunder Bay & use #GreatLakes maximum tankers to get to a port in Quebec and loaded for overseas" #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
From the East and West, Alberta’s pipeline ambitions face pushback
Premiers in two provinces have denounced Danielle Smith’s ideas for new oil pipelines
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not a snowball's chance in hell we would ever let this happen. #abpoli #onpoli Danielle Smith says she's "trying to figure out if we could get #oil to Thunder Bay & use #GreatLakes maximum tankers to get to a port in Quebec and loaded for overseas" #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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I'm genuinely flummoxed as to how anyone is talking about a "grand bargain" while the Alberta government and the oil industry is actively opposed to the federal carbon price on industrial emissions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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ANALYSIS | Is Mark Carney going to get tied up in pipeline politics? | CBC News
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's preferred framing for the issue of a new pipline creates a challenge and a potential trap for Prime Minister Mark Carney.
www.cbc.ca
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm genuinely flummoxed as to how anyone is talking about a "grand bargain" while the Alberta government and the oil industry is actively opposed to the federal carbon price on industrial emissions.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Meanwhile, Enbridge’s CEO just called again (during a speech in Toronto) for industrial pricing to end, which is another reminder that the oil and gas industry is not serious about carbon capture, and Carney will need to play hardball if he is.
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Meanwhile, Enbridge’s CEO just called again (during a speech in Toronto) for industrial pricing to end, which is another reminder that the oil and gas industry is not serious about carbon capture, and Carney will need to play hardball if he is.
"As rights & title holders, we must inform Premier Smith once again that there is no support from Coastal First Nations for a pipeline & oil tankers project in our coastal waters" Marilyn Slett, president, Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #abpoli #c5
First Nations on B.C.'s North Coast won't support Alberta's pipeline proposal 'now or ever,' says chief | CBC News
The president of an organization representing First Nations along British Columbia's North Coast says it won't support a new bitumen pipeline proposal from Alberta's premier "now or ever."
www.cbc.ca
October 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"As rights & title holders, we must inform Premier Smith once again that there is no support from Coastal First Nations for a pipeline & oil tankers project in our coastal waters" Marilyn Slett, president, Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #abpoli #c5
Just another gentle reminder that the best interests of Canadians are often not aligned with the best interests of corporations. This majority Exxon-owned company lobbies aggressively for gutting Canada's environmental protections #c5 #cdnpoli #abpoli #pathwaysallliance www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Imperial Oil to cut 900 jobs, will mostly leave Calgary | CBC News
In a release Monday afternoon, the company announces workforce cuts to come by the end of 2027.
www.cbc.ca
September 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just another gentle reminder that the best interests of Canadians are often not aligned with the best interests of corporations. This majority Exxon-owned company lobbies aggressively for gutting Canada's environmental protections #c5 #cdnpoli #abpoli #pathwaysallliance www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
@mark-carney.bsky.social Brexit-era approach to climate finance needs an upgrade @iisd.org www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnpoli #tragedyofthehorizon #sustainablefinance #climatecrisis
Opinion: Carney’s Brexit-era approach to climate finance needs an upgrade
As Prime Minister, Mr. Carney at last has an opportunity to deliver on calls to action he outlined in 2015
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September 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social Brexit-era approach to climate finance needs an upgrade @iisd.org www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnpoli #tragedyofthehorizon #sustainablefinance #climatecrisis
I'm baffled as to why @cnn.com 's Kevin Liptak parsed & edited Trump's incoherent ramblings to make them seem like an intentional speech. Trump delivered an incomprehensible off the cuff word salad. The content was nonsense. The context: utter incompetence. #unga edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm baffled as to why @cnn.com 's Kevin Liptak parsed & edited Trump's incoherent ramblings to make them seem like an intentional speech. Trump delivered an incomprehensible off the cuff word salad. The content was nonsense. The context: utter incompetence. #unga edition.cnn.com/2025/09/23/p...
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🚨 BIG NEWS: Sierra Club has released new guidance for financial institutions on what constitutes credible investments in #climate solutions.
To protect savings, investments must cut emissions, support workers, protect nature & build resilient communities.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
To protect savings, investments must cut emissions, support workers, protect nature & build resilient communities.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
Sierra Club Publishes New Guidance for Financial Institutions on Credible Investments in Climate Solutions
Principles urge major investors like public pensions to direct capital toward real-world decarbonization, community resilience, and green jobs
www.sierraclub.org
September 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS: Sierra Club has released new guidance for financial institutions on what constitutes credible investments in #climate solutions.
To protect savings, investments must cut emissions, support workers, protect nature & build resilient communities.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
To protect savings, investments must cut emissions, support workers, protect nature & build resilient communities.
www.sierraclub.org/press-releas...
I think the US just witnessed that moment where suddenly the water comes up over the gunwales.
Major networks pulling shows that are critical of the administration is a point that's hard to recover from in dictatorships.
Major networks pulling shows that are critical of the administration is a point that's hard to recover from in dictatorships.
a boat is floating on top of a body of water with the words make gifs at gifsoup.com on the bottom
ALT: a boat is floating on top of a body of water with the words make gifs at gifsoup.com on the bottom
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September 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I think the US just witnessed that moment where suddenly the water comes up over the gunwales.
Major networks pulling shows that are critical of the administration is a point that's hard to recover from in dictatorships.
Major networks pulling shows that are critical of the administration is a point that's hard to recover from in dictatorships.
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The new projects announced by @mark-carney.bsky.social show that Canada is foolishly doubling down on its petrostate status. THREAD
September 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The new projects announced by @mark-carney.bsky.social show that Canada is foolishly doubling down on its petrostate status. THREAD
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NEW – Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated | @gidden.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated - Carbon Brief
Removing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere is widely expected to play a key role in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW – Guest post: How the role of carbon storage has been hugely overestimated | @gidden.bsky.social @joerirogelj.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Read here: buff.ly/QY7LyJ8
Yes. LNG Canada 2 already had federal approval. The project only lacks a final investment decision (FID) from the consortium because lenders/ investors are rightly wary project economics. Is @mark-carney.bsky.social about to give private companies billions in new, public #fossilfuel subsidies?
Worth noting that regulatory approval isn't a major obstacle for LNG Canada 2, which is awaiting final investment decision. A reminder that major projects office seems meant to help projects in multiple ways, not just fast-tracking environmental assessments. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Kitimat LNG expansion among first five major projects to be identified for fast-tracking, sources say
Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to make the announcement Thursday in Edmonton
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September 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yes. LNG Canada 2 already had federal approval. The project only lacks a final investment decision (FID) from the consortium because lenders/ investors are rightly wary project economics. Is @mark-carney.bsky.social about to give private companies billions in new, public #fossilfuel subsidies?
@mark-carney.bsky.social failing absolutely on the #EV file. They are pausing/reviewing the EV mandate, in spite of strong evidence EV sales are highly supply-constrained (dealerships in most provinces don't want to sell EVs to Canadians). #cdnpoli 1/5
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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Federal government delaying electric-vehicle mandate as part of new measures to aid tariff-hit sectors
Prime Minister Carney also announced a new fund with $5-billion to assist affected companies, expand existing loan programs
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@mark-carney.bsky.social failing absolutely on the #EV file. They are pausing/reviewing the EV mandate, in spite of strong evidence EV sales are highly supply-constrained (dealerships in most provinces don't want to sell EVs to Canadians). #cdnpoli 1/5
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Feds must consider oil and gas conflicts for Canada Pension Plan appointees @shiftaction.bsky.social op-ed in the @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
Feds must consider oil and gas conflicts for Canada Pension Plan appointees
It’s imperative the two spots fill a troubling gap in the current board: a complete lack of identified climate expertise, and an overabundance of oil and gas entanglements.
www.hilltimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Feds must consider oil and gas conflicts for Canada Pension Plan appointees @shiftaction.bsky.social op-ed in the @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Another day, another pitch to cover a report about how to provide energy for AI data centers with zero mention of carbon. The whole energy/tech/media complex has completely thrown climate under the bus without a second thought in order to chase the shiny object of AI. 🤮
June 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Another day, another pitch to cover a report about how to provide energy for AI data centers with zero mention of carbon. The whole energy/tech/media complex has completely thrown climate under the bus without a second thought in order to chase the shiny object of AI. 🤮
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SCOOP: One of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies needed to decommission thousands of pipelines. It failed to deliver, and the BC Energy Regulator didn’t levy any financial penalties, docs show. VIA @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social with @theijf.org thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...
CNRL broke deal to deactivate B.C. pipelines | The Narwhal
Documents reveal that oil and gas giant Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNRL) failed to follow its own plan to deactivate thousands of B.C. pipelines
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July 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
SCOOP: One of Canada’s biggest oil and gas companies needed to decommission thousands of pipelines. It failed to deliver, and the BC Energy Regulator didn’t levy any financial penalties, docs show. VIA @writermjs.bsky.social & @zakvescera.bsky.social with @theijf.org thenarwhal.ca/bc-energy-re...
@woodsideful.bsky.social absolutely nails it here. I also just had a gut punch realization that my kids will still be alive in 2100, underscoring the responsibility pensions have to invest in climate safety now.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/a... @nationalobserver.com @carolmliao.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/a... @nationalobserver.com @carolmliao.bsky.social
A tale of two pension funds: one abandons net-zero, the other doubles down on climate action
Canada's two largest pension funds are taking radically different approaches when it comes to sustainable investing. This yawning gap between the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Caisse de dép...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@woodsideful.bsky.social absolutely nails it here. I also just had a gut punch realization that my kids will still be alive in 2100, underscoring the responsibility pensions have to invest in climate safety now.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/a... @nationalobserver.com @carolmliao.bsky.social
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/06/27/a... @nationalobserver.com @carolmliao.bsky.social
Grateful to see widespread national media coverage of our new report on #fossilfuel conflicted pension directors yesterday!
'#Climate advocates say #oil and #gas representation on pension fund boards could be problematic' @shiftaction.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
'#Climate advocates say #oil and #gas representation on pension fund boards could be problematic' @shiftaction.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Climate advocates say oil and gas representation on pension fund boards could be problematic
The boards of five of the largest public-sector funds have members also tied to fossil fuel companies, new report says
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Grateful to see widespread national media coverage of our new report on #fossilfuel conflicted pension directors yesterday!
'#Climate advocates say #oil and #gas representation on pension fund boards could be problematic' @shiftaction.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
'#Climate advocates say #oil and #gas representation on pension fund boards could be problematic' @shiftaction.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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New research finds limiting oil & gas development in Canada won’t harm the sector—in fact it could protect its value.
With 🌎 oil & gas demand heading towards a permanent decline, 🇨🇦 should limit expansion to ⬇️ economic risks.
Report ➡️ www.iisd.org/publications...
With 🌎 oil & gas demand heading towards a permanent decline, 🇨🇦 should limit expansion to ⬇️ economic risks.
Report ➡️ www.iisd.org/publications...
June 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New research finds limiting oil & gas development in Canada won’t harm the sector—in fact it could protect its value.
With 🌎 oil & gas demand heading towards a permanent decline, 🇨🇦 should limit expansion to ⬇️ economic risks.
Report ➡️ www.iisd.org/publications...
With 🌎 oil & gas demand heading towards a permanent decline, 🇨🇦 should limit expansion to ⬇️ economic risks.
Report ➡️ www.iisd.org/publications...
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Remember a couple months ago, the feds said they replaced a nearly $20 billion loan from banks with a gov loan to lower interest payments on Trans Mountain? Turns out, almost $15 billion of that new "loan" wasn't a loan at all and won't be paid back. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/n...
The feds’ new billions for Trans Mountain weren’t a loan, filings show
A $20-billion loan for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion authorized by the federal government was actually primarily advanced as equity, new filings reveal. The equity portion, experts say, repres...
www.nationalobserver.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Remember a couple months ago, the feds said they replaced a nearly $20 billion loan from banks with a gov loan to lower interest payments on Trans Mountain? Turns out, almost $15 billion of that new "loan" wasn't a loan at all and won't be paid back. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/04/09/n...
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Doug Ford has applied a 25% tax on all electricity exported to Michigan, Minnesota and New York in response to U.S. President Trump’s tariffs. Here's what you need to know — including what it means for Ontario's emissions. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-us-e...
Ontario’s electricity now costs more in the U.S. | The Narwhal
In response to Trump tariffs, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is imposing a tax on electricity exports to Michigan, Minnesota and New York
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March 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Doug Ford has applied a 25% tax on all electricity exported to Michigan, Minnesota and New York in response to U.S. President Trump’s tariffs. Here's what you need to know — including what it means for Ontario's emissions. via @fatimabsyed.bsky.social thenarwhal.ca/ontario-us-e...