Bentley
@bigclimate.bsky.social
Co-founding member of the @calgaryclimatehub.ca, host of the #ClimateLens podcast, Alberta Regional Organizer for Climate Reality Canada. Posts are my own. #yyc #ClimateChange #ClimateSky
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"We're in the oil business" - Trump
The world *really* can't #EnergyTransition fast enough
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
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34. And of course you also need to fuel the ship that carries the LNG to another country - which means that environmental impact of exported natural gas is primarily driven by methane leaks and liquefaction / distribution. The burner tip comparison is just a vapid industry talking point.
December 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
34. And of course you also need to fuel the ship that carries the LNG to another country - which means that environmental impact of exported natural gas is primarily driven by methane leaks and liquefaction / distribution. The burner tip comparison is just a vapid industry talking point.
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33. That's even more true for exported natural gas which also has to be liquefied since the liquefaction process is so energy intensive. Roughly speaking, you need nearly 120 units of gas to make 100 units of LNG. So more CO2 and magnified impacts of upstream leaks.
December 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
33. That's even more true for exported natural gas which also has to be liquefied since the liquefaction process is so energy intensive. Roughly speaking, you need nearly 120 units of gas to make 100 units of LNG. So more CO2 and magnified impacts of upstream leaks.
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32. That's of course not the norm. And because methane is such a potent greenhouse gas (>80x as bad as CO2 for the first 20 years after release) even a minor leakage rate in the collection and distribution makes natural gas worse than coal from a global warming perspective.
December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
32. That's of course not the norm. And because methane is such a potent greenhouse gas (>80x as bad as CO2 for the first 20 years after release) even a minor leakage rate in the collection and distribution makes natural gas worse than coal from a global warming perspective.
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“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!”
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
My latest for Zeteo:
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Why has Trump attacked Venezuela? Oil have to have a think about that..
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Why has Trump attacked Venezuela? Oil have to have a think about that..
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January 3, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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We really can't #EnergyTransition fast enough
"We're in the oil business" - Trump
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 PM
We really can't #EnergyTransition fast enough
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#MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #ClimateAbundance #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification #Solar #Wildfires #Smoke #CostOfClimate #ClimateInaction #CarbonCapture #LNG #FossilGas #MajorProjects #Pipelines
January 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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This from @roguednc.bsky.social on Instagram summarises it well:
January 4, 2026 at 2:12 PM
This from @roguednc.bsky.social on Instagram summarises it well:
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Welp, I didn't have "US breaching international law and getting into a war over natural resources" on my radar, but with such low polling and the need to distract from inflation and the Epstein files, jumping into a war about oil should have been obvious...Still, the rest of the list stands:
Happy 2026! Some early thoughts before we get down to business: #LFG💪 danarfisher.com/2026/01/01/w...
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Welp, I didn't have "US breaching international law and getting into a war over natural resources" on my radar, but with such low polling and the need to distract from inflation and the Epstein files, jumping into a war about oil should have been obvious...Still, the rest of the list stands:
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Local man looks to move to The Netherlands after heartwarming encouragement from the internet "if you love bikes so much just move to Holland"
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Local man looks to move to The Netherlands after heartwarming encouragement from the internet "if you love bikes so much just move to Holland"
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Our whole society is based on car ownership. Is it even possible to change that?
Cars are essential to American life. They’re also toxic for the environment, humans, and society, these authors say.
www.inquirer.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Our whole society is based on car ownership. Is it even possible to change that?
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There's no such thing as bad weather…
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 PM
There's no such thing as bad weather…
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Robert’s Bank (south of Vancouver) now under consideration for a west coast oil pipeline terminus.
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Varcoe: Alberta examining possible oil pipeline routes to B.C., including Roberts Bank, says Danielle Smith
Danielle Smith says a pipeline south of Vancouver is one possible route a new oil pipeline could take from Alberta to B.C.
calgaryherald.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Robert’s Bank (south of Vancouver) now under consideration for a west coast oil pipeline terminus.
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
Also sounds like Kitimat is sensibly out of the running, even for Smith.
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
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Your Sunday morning podcast is HERE. Fire up that morning coffee and enjoy.
Have a GREAT Sunday!
www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification
Have a GREAT Sunday!
www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification
Carney Banks On Big Oil
Canada's Climate Capitulation
www.podcastics.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Your Sunday morning podcast is HERE. Fire up that morning coffee and enjoy.
Have a GREAT Sunday!
www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification
Have a GREAT Sunday!
www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification
The world *really* can't #EnergyTransition fast enough
"We're in the oil business" - Trump
January 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The world *really* can't #EnergyTransition fast enough
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"We're in the oil business" - Trump
January 3, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"We're in the oil business" - Trump
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Yeah, unlikely we will invade a country and kidnap a president over windmills.
January 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Yeah, unlikely we will invade a country and kidnap a president over windmills.
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Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
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War for oil
#Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #Trump #America #oil #drugs @cartoonmovement.com @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social @joop.nl
#Venezuela #Maduro #Machado #Trump #America #oil #drugs @cartoonmovement.com @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social @joop.nl
January 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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How did our oil get underneath their land?
#Venezuela
#Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
How did our oil get underneath their land?
#Venezuela
#Venezuela
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#MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #ClimateAbundance #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification #Solar #Wildfires #Smoke #CostOfClimate #ClimateInaction #CarbonCapture #LNG #FossilGas #MajorProjects #Pipelines
January 3, 2026 at 11:21 PM