Timothy Gray
@canadagray.bsky.social
Happiest when outside, political junkie and lifelong environmental policy analyst and advocate. Executive Director of Environmental Defence. Views posted are my own.
My thoughts on 2026: We don’t need to choose between the environment and economic prosperity /via @globeandmail
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Opinion: In 2026, we don’t need to choose between the environment and economic prosperity
It will require bold political leadership to chart a course toward a better future
theglobeandmail.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:48 PM
My thoughts on 2026: We don’t need to choose between the environment and economic prosperity /via @globeandmail
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theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli #energytransition
Another benefit of clean energy: Offshore wind turbines create all-you-can-eat havens where some fish can double in size reneweconomy.com.au/offshore-win... #energytransition
reneweconomy.com.au
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Another benefit of clean energy: Offshore wind turbines create all-you-can-eat havens where some fish can double in size reneweconomy.com.au/offshore-win... #energytransition
Do we need an Alberta-style tantrum? Where’s Atlantic Canada's grand bargain? saltwire.com/nova-scotia/... #cdnpoli #energy
Opinion: Where’s Atlantic Canada's grand bargain?
The danger of capitulating in the face of a hardball negotiating style is certainly not lost on Steven Guilbeault, writes Thomas Arnason McNeil.
saltwire.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Do we need an Alberta-style tantrum? Where’s Atlantic Canada's grand bargain? saltwire.com/nova-scotia/... #cdnpoli #energy
In Ontario, Enbridge Gas gets to build pipelines on public land for free...unlike in Alberta. Waterloo Region and Guelph want to change that: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr... #ONpoli #energytransition
Ontario municipalities want Enbridge Gas to pay up | The Narwhal
Guelph, Waterloo Region and other Ontario municipalities argue the gas giant shouldn’t be able to build pipelines on public land for free
thenarwhal.ca
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
In Ontario, Enbridge Gas gets to build pipelines on public land for free...unlike in Alberta. Waterloo Region and Guelph want to change that: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbr... #ONpoli #energytransition
Mark Carney’s fossil fuel pivot bewilders climate experts and business leaders www.ft.com/content/e5a0... via @ft #cdnpoli #energytransition
Mark Carney’s fossil fuel pivot bewilders climate experts and business leaders
Canadian prime minister’s legacy as one-time UN envoy and clean power advocate undermined by energy shift
www.ft.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mark Carney’s fossil fuel pivot bewilders climate experts and business leaders www.ft.com/content/e5a0... via @ft #cdnpoli #energytransition
“We're having a kind of a politics whereby petrostates are resisting change and new emerging electrostates like China are pushing it forward,” But sure build a pipeline: www.cbc.ca/news/science... #cdnpoli #EnergyTransition
ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News
China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“We're having a kind of a politics whereby petrostates are resisting change and new emerging electrostates like China are pushing it forward,” But sure build a pipeline: www.cbc.ca/news/science... #cdnpoli #EnergyTransition
In case you were thinking the Alberta-Federal MOU was anything other than a gift to the oil and gas industry: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli #EnergyTransition
I quit Mark Carney’s cabinet. This is what I hope happens next
Canada is giving up too much for the sake of this grand bargain.
www.thestar.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In case you were thinking the Alberta-Federal MOU was anything other than a gift to the oil and gas industry: www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... #cdnpoli #EnergyTransition
The “Federal-Alberta MOU” is a gut punch to Canadians. It must be stopped environmentaldefence.ca/2025/12/08/t... #cdnpoli #energytransition
The “Federal-Alberta MOU” is a gut punch to Canadians. It must be stopped - Environmental Defence
It is hard to describe the scale of the attack on the public interest represented by this MOU, because it tries to resurrect the Northern Gateway oil
environmentaldefence.ca
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The “Federal-Alberta MOU” is a gut punch to Canadians. It must be stopped environmentaldefence.ca/2025/12/08/t... #cdnpoli #energytransition
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government's energy deal with Alberta www.thestar.com/politics/fed... via @torontostar #cdnpoli #Energy
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government’s energy deal with Alberta
Two departing members of Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body say the Carney government is shredding any hope the country will meet its climate goals.
www.thestar.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Climate change advisers quit over Carney government's energy deal with Alberta www.thestar.com/politics/fed... via @torontostar #cdnpoli #Energy
"Elbows Down": U.S.-Owned Oil Sands giants send profits Out of Canada despite public support for resource sovereignty www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi... #cndpoli
U.S.-Owned Oil Sands Giants Send Profits Out of Canada Despite Public Support for Resource Sovereignty
Canada’s biggest oil sands producers are sending a large share of their profits out of the country to their shareholders in the United States, the CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation warns in an opi...
www.theenergymix.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Elbows Down": U.S.-Owned Oil Sands giants send profits Out of Canada despite public support for resource sovereignty www.theenergymix.com/u-s-owned-oi... #cndpoli
How about this instead of public subsidies to oil companies? Only the federal government can provide the stable, predictable support needed to modernize and expand transit systems across the country. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o... #cdnpoli
Public transit is nation-building. Our federal budget should reflect that
If the federal government truly believes in building communities that work for everyone, it needs to stop treating transit as secondary and start treating it as what it is: vital national infrastructu...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
How about this instead of public subsidies to oil companies? Only the federal government can provide the stable, predictable support needed to modernize and expand transit systems across the country. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/o... #cdnpoli
Ottawa risks billions in investments for a pipeline to nowhere /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnpoli #energytransition
Opinion: Ottawa risks billions in investments for a pipeline to nowhere
B.C. stakeholders’ voices are not being heard in discussions about building pipelines that make little economic sense
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Ottawa risks billions in investments for a pipeline to nowhere /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnpoli #energytransition
When the oil industry has no plans to invest Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o... #cdnpoli
Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up
The biggest obstacle standing between Alberta and its premier's repeated pledge to double oil production isn't the tanker ban, the emissions cap, or any other piece of federal legislation. It's realit...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When the oil industry has no plans to invest Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o... #cdnpoli
By removing these 106 species from the official list under its new Species Conservation Act, the province is withdrawing recognition of their imperiled status within Ontario, writes Justina C. Ray www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o... #cdnpoli
The high cost of turning a blind eye to species at risk
By removing these 106 species from the official list under its new Species Conservation Act, the province is withdrawing recognition of their imperiled status within Ontario.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
By removing these 106 species from the official list under its new Species Conservation Act, the province is withdrawing recognition of their imperiled status within Ontario, writes Justina C. Ray www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o... #cdnpoli
Just a reminder what happens when @Fordnation shuns cheap renewables and doubles down on U.S. gas and U.S./Japan nuclear: Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices www.thestar.com/news/ontario... via @torontostar #ONpoli #
Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices
While the net result on residential hydro bills is minimal, the increase in the rebate will cost taxpayers an estimated $2 billion more per year.
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Just a reminder what happens when @Fordnation shuns cheap renewables and doubles down on U.S. gas and U.S./Japan nuclear: Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices www.thestar.com/news/ontario... via @torontostar #ONpoli #
More wreckage: ‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons... #onpoli
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
thenarwhal.ca
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
More wreckage: ‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons... #onpoli
Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #CDNpoli #grifters
Opinion: Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake
Canada should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #CDNpoli #grifters
Ontario hasn’t started building controversial Highway 413, despite government claims www.theenergymix.com/group-says-o... #Stopthe413 #onpoli
Group Says Ontario Hasn’t Started Building Controversial Highway 413, Despite Government Claims
Despite recent assertions from Ontario Premier Doug Ford that construction has begun on Highway 413, one of the province’s most controversial transportation projects, advocacy group Environmental Defe...
www.theenergymix.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ontario hasn’t started building controversial Highway 413, despite government claims www.theenergymix.com/group-says-o... #Stopthe413 #onpoli
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis theconversation.com/the-lost-his... #FreeAmerica
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis
A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis theconversation.com/the-lost-his... #FreeAmerica
The Toronto Board of Trade is now an oil and car lobby group: Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list breachmedia.ca/ontarios-pla... #TOpoli #onpoli
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Toronto Board of Trade is now an oil and car lobby group: Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list breachmedia.ca/ontarios-pla... #TOpoli #onpoli
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 the US and the global trends kept out of sight. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
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 t...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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 the US and the global trends kept out of sight. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
Perhaps more than any Canadian PM before, he knows what to do: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cndpoli #climateaction
ANALYSIS | Will Mark Carney deliver on the climate values he preached as a central banker? | CBC News
Mark Carney spent a decade as one of the most credible voices on climate action and the economy. Now as prime minister, he is scrapping emissions reductions policies, backing LNG projects and talking ...
www.cbc.ca
October 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Perhaps more than any Canadian PM before, he knows what to do: www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #cndpoli #climateaction
Landmark new Report shows Canadian lobbyists represent major polluters alongside environmental groups www.byteseu.com/1488733/ #cdnpoli #ClimateAction
Landmark New Report Shows Canadian Lobbyists Represent Major Polluters Alongside Environmental Groups - Bytes Europe
Major Canadian environmental organizations, as well as an assortment of civil society organizations with considerable stakes in the fight against climate
www.byteseu.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Landmark new Report shows Canadian lobbyists represent major polluters alongside environmental groups www.byteseu.com/1488733/ #cdnpoli #ClimateAction
Reposted by Timothy Gray
💥 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
In the jargon of climate scientists, the sinks are failing. Or, in lay terms, nature is sick from cleaning up our crap. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis
A great unravelling: carbon soars, nature falters
Last year, the global concentration of carbon dioxide jumped by 3.5 parts per million (ppm) and reached 424 ppm, the biggest jump since modern measurements began in the 1950s. The WMO says the blanket...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
In the jargon of climate scientists, the sinks are failing. Or, in lay terms, nature is sick from cleaning up our crap. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis