Julia Levin
@jflevin.bsky.social
Posting about climate justice and energy policy. Associate Director, National Climate @ Environmental Defence Canada (on parental leave). Views my own. She/her. Settler on stolen land.
📍Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People / Ottawa
📍Unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People / Ottawa
So Carney took an axe to one of the last remaining pieces of climate policy
There is NO reason to cancel a ban on single use plastics - this shows how beholden to fossil fuel interests he is
Carney is destroying climate progress faster than any Conservative government
There is NO reason to cancel a ban on single use plastics - this shows how beholden to fossil fuel interests he is
Carney is destroying climate progress faster than any Conservative government
The Canadian Minister of the Environment, yes Environment not the Minister of Oil, just cancelled the federal ban on the export of single use #plastics - the latest backward step for the @mark-carney.bsky.social govt.
Shameful @juliedabrusin.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Shameful @juliedabrusin.bsky.social
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Ottawa pushes toward scrapping ban on single-use plastic exports
Plastic product manufacturing sector generated $35-billion, supported roughly 85,000 jobs in 2023, feds say
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
So Carney took an axe to one of the last remaining pieces of climate policy
There is NO reason to cancel a ban on single use plastics - this shows how beholden to fossil fuel interests he is
Carney is destroying climate progress faster than any Conservative government
There is NO reason to cancel a ban on single use plastics - this shows how beholden to fossil fuel interests he is
Carney is destroying climate progress faster than any Conservative government
So Carney is "consulting" over industrial carbon pricing...over the holidays??!!
How much clearer can it be that he has no desire for public input....
So much for democracy
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
How much clearer can it be that he has no desire for public input....
So much for democracy
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
Government of Canada launches engagement to strengthen industrial carbon pricing and secure major clean energy investments - Canada.ca
Today, Environment and Climate Change Canada launched engagement on changes to the minimum national stringency standards for industrial carbon pricing, known as the federal benchmark criteria.
www.canada.ca
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
So Carney is "consulting" over industrial carbon pricing...over the holidays??!!
How much clearer can it be that he has no desire for public input....
So much for democracy
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
How much clearer can it be that he has no desire for public input....
So much for democracy
www.canada.ca/en/environme...
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#MEDIA🚨 Big Oil’s playbook revealed! Our new illustrated backgrounder exposes the 10 tactics the fossil fuel industry uses to delay climate action and keep Canada hooked on oil and gas 🌍🔥Check it out here environmentaldefence.ca/report/drawn...
Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of Big Oil’s Playbook - Environmental Defence
About The Backgrounder: Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of Big Oil's Playbook is our new backgrounder that exposes ten coordinated tactics used Drawn to the Truth: An Illustrated Exposé of B...
environmentaldefence.ca
December 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#MEDIA🚨 Big Oil’s playbook revealed! Our new illustrated backgrounder exposes the 10 tactics the fossil fuel industry uses to delay climate action and keep Canada hooked on oil and gas 🌍🔥Check it out here environmentaldefence.ca/report/drawn...
Chiefs from Treaty 8 First Nations are on Parliament Hill today to voice their objections to the Alberta-Ottawa MOU
LIVE: Chiefs from Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta are meeting with reporters to talk about the Canada–Alberta MOU and pipeline announcement.
Chiefs from Treaty 8 are in Ottawa pushing against Alberta-Canada MOU | APTN News
YouTube video by APTN News
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Chiefs from Treaty 8 First Nations are on Parliament Hill today to voice their objections to the Alberta-Ottawa MOU
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The #AgeofElectricity is here.⚡
The electricity sector is the world’s LARGEST energy employer, adding nearly 4 million jobs in 5 years. In Canada, more than 4% of the workforce is employed in energy – almost double the global average. 🧵1/3
The electricity sector is the world’s LARGEST energy employer, adding nearly 4 million jobs in 5 years. In Canada, more than 4% of the workforce is employed in energy – almost double the global average. 🧵1/3
December 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The #AgeofElectricity is here.⚡
The electricity sector is the world’s LARGEST energy employer, adding nearly 4 million jobs in 5 years. In Canada, more than 4% of the workforce is employed in energy – almost double the global average. 🧵1/3
The electricity sector is the world’s LARGEST energy employer, adding nearly 4 million jobs in 5 years. In Canada, more than 4% of the workforce is employed in energy – almost double the global average. 🧵1/3
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We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom
Imperialist pirates
December 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Imperialist pirates
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The Carney government clearly has a major problem with the whole concept of accountability. Instead of strengthening 🇨🇦s laws, they keep legislating themselves new ways to circumvent them.
Rather than changing things like the Endangered Species Act, they just choose where it will & won't apply. 🧵1/
Rather than changing things like the Endangered Species Act, they just choose where it will & won't apply. 🧵1/
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Carney government clearly has a major problem with the whole concept of accountability. Instead of strengthening 🇨🇦s laws, they keep legislating themselves new ways to circumvent them.
Rather than changing things like the Endangered Species Act, they just choose where it will & won't apply. 🧵1/
Rather than changing things like the Endangered Species Act, they just choose where it will & won't apply. 🧵1/
This is how oil & gas companies expolit communities in rural Alberta 👇
Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is how oil & gas companies expolit communities in rural Alberta 👇
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Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dwight is a rural landowner in Two Hills, #Alberta.
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
12 years ago, he was forced to host a gas well on his land, on the condition that the industry fully close and clean it up when the well stopped producing.
That never happened.
Watch the full video 👉 ecojustice.ca/LandownerStories
#OrphanWells
Human rights groups are sounding the alarm on Bill C-12, the government's border and immigration bill - calling it straight out of the Trump playbook
"Canada should not be violating migrants’ rights, especially those of women and children”
"Canada should not be violating migrants’ rights, especially those of women and children”
(1/2) Today I joined MP Jenny Kwan and representatives of Fédération des femmes du Québec, Amnesty International, Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants, Action Réfugiés Montréal, and the Canadian Council for Refugees, telling the government we refuse
December 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Human rights groups are sounding the alarm on Bill C-12, the government's border and immigration bill - calling it straight out of the Trump playbook
"Canada should not be violating migrants’ rights, especially those of women and children”
"Canada should not be violating migrants’ rights, especially those of women and children”
A must read from @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
Carney's deal with Alberta is "a fire sale rather than a grand bargain"
"What is incomprehensible is that Canadians appear to be getting nothing in return for all that is being sacrificed."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Carney's deal with Alberta is "a fire sale rather than a grand bargain"
"What is incomprehensible is that Canadians appear to be getting nothing in return for all that is being sacrificed."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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 5:28 PM
A must read from @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
Carney's deal with Alberta is "a fire sale rather than a grand bargain"
"What is incomprehensible is that Canadians appear to be getting nothing in return for all that is being sacrificed."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Carney's deal with Alberta is "a fire sale rather than a grand bargain"
"What is incomprehensible is that Canadians appear to be getting nothing in return for all that is being sacrificed."
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Austerity for everyone else, billions for the defence sector - that's the Carney way
Forget climate action when we could be building weapons that kill
Forget climate action when we could be building weapons that kill
Canada can become a global leader in defence manufacturing, and we’re taking action to help companies scale up.
That means thousands of new career opportunities making the defence equipment that keeps Canadians and our allies safe.
That means thousands of new career opportunities making the defence equipment that keeps Canadians and our allies safe.
December 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Austerity for everyone else, billions for the defence sector - that's the Carney way
Forget climate action when we could be building weapons that kill
Forget climate action when we could be building weapons that kill
What a bad take
Either they have zero climate literacy or they're deeply beholden to Smith & fossil fuel interests....or both?
One thing is clear, they don't care about climate science...or a livable future
Either they have zero climate literacy or they're deeply beholden to Smith & fossil fuel interests....or both?
One thing is clear, they don't care about climate science...or a livable future
"Canada’s progress on emissions reduction was stuck in a ditch, and the Ottawa-Alberta 'grand bargain' just put it back on the road," says Clean Prosperity CEO Michael Bernstein in @theglobeandmail.com today.
Read the full op-ed👇 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Read the full op-ed👇 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Alberta-Ottawa MOU is a climate breakthrough, despite Steven Guilbeault’s misplaced outrage
Federal climate policies weren’t working, but Ottawa and Alberta’s ‘grand bargain’ puts Canada’s progress back on the road
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What a bad take
Either they have zero climate literacy or they're deeply beholden to Smith & fossil fuel interests....or both?
One thing is clear, they don't care about climate science...or a livable future
Either they have zero climate literacy or they're deeply beholden to Smith & fossil fuel interests....or both?
One thing is clear, they don't care about climate science...or a livable future
To everyone who though Carney's 'deal' with Alberta would result in stronger carbon pricing, it took Smith just a week to show how wrong that was
www.linkedin.com/posts/dave-s...
www.linkedin.com/posts/dave-s...
By adding direct investment credits into an already oversupplied market, Alberta makes the MOU’s minimum effective credit price harder to achieve.
Just one week after the grand bargain, Alberta… | Da...
By adding direct investment credits into an already oversupplied market, Alberta makes the MOU’s minimum effective credit price harder to achieve.
Just one week after the grand bargain, Alberta publi...
www.linkedin.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
To everyone who though Carney's 'deal' with Alberta would result in stronger carbon pricing, it took Smith just a week to show how wrong that was
www.linkedin.com/posts/dave-s...
www.linkedin.com/posts/dave-s...
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In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.
'Sorry prime minister, I'm no longer your man': Steven Guilbeault on leaving cabinet
In Steven Guilbeault’s first English-media interview since resigning over Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to pursue a pipeline agreement with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the former cabinet m...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social’s first English-media interview since resigning over the pipeline MOU with Alberta, the former cabinet minister said the government isn’t being honest with the public and is betraying its commitments.
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The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
Federal net-zero body falling apart in wake of Alberta-Ottawa deal
Two prominent members of the Net-Zero Advisory Body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Net-Zero Advisory Body is *legally* mandated to consult on Canada’s climate plans but has been completely ignored by Carney and Dabrusin. It appears that it is being bled dry — and now two of its most prominent members have quit in frustration.
Just before the MOU....🫠
🚨 On Wed. October 29, 2025, Pathways Alliance Inc. lobbied the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson
December 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just before the MOU....🫠
This is the technofix Carney's so excited about:
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is the technofix Carney's so excited about:
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
World’s largest CCS project hits new low on amount of carbon captured and stored
Not only has Chevron's Gorgon failed to hit its targets, its performance has declined significantly over time
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-large...
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This week, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs put 40+ private banks, credit agencies and pension funds on notice in a letter endorsed by more than 125 civil society organizations from around the world – calling on them to not finance or invest in the risky Ksi Lisims LNG project in British Columbia, Canada.
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This week, Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs put 40+ private banks, credit agencies and pension funds on notice in a letter endorsed by more than 125 civil society organizations from around the world – calling on them to not finance or invest in the risky Ksi Lisims LNG project in British Columbia, Canada.
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"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"
-- George Orwell (1949)
-- George Orwell (1949)
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"
-- George Orwell (1949)
-- George Orwell (1949)
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"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds reut.rs/3MFJWnW
Billionaires are inheriting record levels of wealth, UBS report finds
The spouses and children of billionaires inherited more wealth in 2025 than in any previous year since reporting began in 2015, according to UBS's Billionaire Ambitions Report published on Thursday.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"At least $5.9 trillion will be inherited by billionaire children over the next 15 years, the bank calculates."
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Following Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's refusal to say whether or not a new pipeline would contribute to climate change yesterday, that makes two major figures in Carney's government who have been unsure about the environmental impact of a new pipeline to export oil to be burned overseas.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Following Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin's refusal to say whether or not a new pipeline would contribute to climate change yesterday, that makes two major figures in Carney's government who have been unsure about the environmental impact of a new pipeline to export oil to be burned overseas.
In Connecticut, Exxon is on trial over their lies and deception to hide their role in fueling climate change
Meanwhile in Canada, Carney has made it easier for oil & gas CEOs to lie to the public without any accountability by removing greenwaxhing bans
ctexaminer.com/2025/12/01/e...
Meanwhile in Canada, Carney has made it easier for oil & gas CEOs to lie to the public without any accountability by removing greenwaxhing bans
ctexaminer.com/2025/12/01/e...
Exxon Heads to Trial on Claims of Campaign of Deception on Climate Change
HARTFORD – Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. is heading for trial on claims the company marketed fossil fuel products in Connecticut that have contributed to climate change in the state. […]
ctexaminer.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In Connecticut, Exxon is on trial over their lies and deception to hide their role in fueling climate change
Meanwhile in Canada, Carney has made it easier for oil & gas CEOs to lie to the public without any accountability by removing greenwaxhing bans
ctexaminer.com/2025/12/01/e...
Meanwhile in Canada, Carney has made it easier for oil & gas CEOs to lie to the public without any accountability by removing greenwaxhing bans
ctexaminer.com/2025/12/01/e...