Julia Kilpatrick
@juliakilpat.bsky.social
Day job: VP External @climateinstitute.bsky.social 🇨🇦
Mama, mountain dweller, word bird, policy nerd, pragmatist.
we are alive in a green
crashing world.
– Donika Kelly
Mama, mountain dweller, word bird, policy nerd, pragmatist.
we are alive in a green
crashing world.
– Donika Kelly
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There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
FACT SHEET: Industrial carbon pricing in Canada
Industrial carbon pricing is Canada’s most important policy for cutting carbon pollution and creating a competitive clean economy.
climateinstitute.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There’s a lot of confusion circulating on industrial carbon pricing and food prices in Canada.
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Our fact sheet lays out why this cost-effective policy has essentially no impact on the price of groceries and other products.
Here’s a short 🧵
climateinstitute.ca/news/fact-sh...
Supercharged natural disasters make more headlines & oil and gas makes more noise, but @theturner.bsky.social says the biggest climate story since Paris is the simply staggering speed at which the global energy transition has zoomed from margin to mainstream
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: A decade after the Paris Agreement, the clean economy is winning
As the world’s climate negotiators gather in Brazil, they must understand that the energy transition is now inevitable
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Supercharged natural disasters make more headlines & oil and gas makes more noise, but @theturner.bsky.social says the biggest climate story since Paris is the simply staggering speed at which the global energy transition has zoomed from margin to mainstream
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Today’s federal budget takes clear steps to strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness, but success will depend on swift implementation and more details to create policy certainty and attract investment.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/budget-...
Read our full statement ⬇️
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Budget 2025 takes clear steps to strengthen Canada's climate competitiveness
Success will hinge on swift implementation and more concrete details to create policy certainty and attract investment.
climateinstitute.ca
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Today’s federal budget takes clear steps to strengthen Canada’s climate competitiveness, but success will depend on swift implementation and more details to create policy certainty and attract investment.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/budget-...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/budget-...
The internet needs more of this today. You’re welcome.
October 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The internet needs more of this today. You’re welcome.
Today we @climateinstitute.bsky.social had the sobering task of officially calling Canada's 2030 climate target unachievable. @dwallacewells.bsky.social offers a hopeful counterpoint in this piece on the pace of investment in clean energy worldwide. #cdnclimate www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
It Isn’t Just the U.S. The Whole World Has Soured on Climate Politics.
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Today we @climateinstitute.bsky.social had the sobering task of officially calling Canada's 2030 climate target unachievable. @dwallacewells.bsky.social offers a hopeful counterpoint in this piece on the pace of investment in clean energy worldwide. #cdnclimate www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...
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NEW: Our early estimate of Canada’s national emissions is out and shows progress stalled in 2024.
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
September 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
NEW: Our early estimate of Canada’s national emissions is out and shows progress stalled in 2024.
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
The country’s 2030 targets are now out of reach, emphasizing the need for a coordinated policy reset with the federal and provincial governments. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/2024-em...
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Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post.
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
September 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Here are 10 provocations on climate and energy. Tell me if you agree, disagree or have a nuanced take. Drop your own provocations in reply or quote post.
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
Start:
1. By 2030, the use of air conditioning will lead to greater increase in electricity demand than data centers. And it's not even close!
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As Parliament resumes next week, the federal government must act urgently to address the ways climate change is threatening Canadians’ health, security, economic competitiveness, and ways of life.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority
Statement from the Canadian Climate Institute’s Peter Nicholson Sr. and Rick Smith on policy priorities for the fall 2025 sitting of Parliament.
climateinstitute.ca
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As Parliament resumes next week, the federal government must act urgently to address the ways climate change is threatening Canadians’ health, security, economic competitiveness, and ways of life.
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parl...
Sobering article on how wildfire ash is accelerating the decline of glaciers here in AB and elsewhere. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Darkened by ash from wildfires, glaciers in the Canadian Rockies are melting even faster
Ash on the surface of once-reflective glaciers accelerates the rapid melting of ice long after fires are extinguished
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Sobering article on how wildfire ash is accelerating the decline of glaciers here in AB and elsewhere. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Excellent, detailed resource for journalists reporting on wildfires, from @maxbellschool.bsky.social and SFU Centre for Dialogue. Especially front-of-mind today as my pre-schooler explained why the air is too smoky to play outside. #cdnmedia #cdnclimate #wildfires
www.sfu.ca/dialogue/wha...
www.sfu.ca/dialogue/wha...
Covering Wildfire: A Toolkit for Editors, Reporters, and Media Professionals
As Canada experiences its second-worst wildfire season on record, the Mitigating Wildfire Initiative (MWI) at Simon Fraser University has launched Covering Wildfire: A Toolkit for Editors, Reporters, ...
www.sfu.ca
September 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Excellent, detailed resource for journalists reporting on wildfires, from @maxbellschool.bsky.social and SFU Centre for Dialogue. Especially front-of-mind today as my pre-schooler explained why the air is too smoky to play outside. #cdnmedia #cdnclimate #wildfires
www.sfu.ca/dialogue/wha...
www.sfu.ca/dialogue/wha...
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Governments should prioritize modernizing industrial carbon pricing and finalizing the methane regulations for the oil and gas sector when considering emissions reductions from the proposed oil and gas cap.🧵⬇️ 440megatonnes.ca/insight/comb...
Combining industrial carbon pricing with an emissions cap could offer less than the sum of their parts
In addressing interactions between policies, modernizing industrial carbon pricing and finalizing methane regulations should ...
440megatonnes.ca
July 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Governments should prioritize modernizing industrial carbon pricing and finalizing the methane regulations for the oil and gas sector when considering emissions reductions from the proposed oil and gas cap.🧵⬇️ 440megatonnes.ca/insight/comb...
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Our new analysis out today underlines the critical importance of improved methane regulations in the oil and gas sector. That’s something we’ve taken a deep dive into in our recent work. Read more here: 440megatonnes.ca/fr/insight/a...
Finalizing Canada’s oil and gas methane regulations
Cutting oil and gas methane emissions 75 per cent by 2030 will leverage Canadian success and expertise. Reducing methane ...
440megatonnes.ca
July 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Our new analysis out today underlines the critical importance of improved methane regulations in the oil and gas sector. That’s something we’ve taken a deep dive into in our recent work. Read more here: 440megatonnes.ca/fr/insight/a...
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New modelling and analysis shows why Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems urgently need to be fixed or risk losing out on investments that will lead to big emissions reductions. ⬇️
440megatonnes.ca/insight/indu...
440megatonnes.ca/insight/indu...
June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New modelling and analysis shows why Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems urgently need to be fixed or risk losing out on investments that will lead to big emissions reductions. ⬇️
440megatonnes.ca/insight/indu...
440megatonnes.ca/insight/indu...
Why cancelling industrial carbon pricing would hurt not help 🇨🇦 companies:
☑️ creates uncertainty for businesses + investors
☑️ jeopardizes $5 billion in credit values in Alberta alone
☑️ undermines Canadian exports to priority trading partners like the UK + EU. Details 👇 #cdnpoli
tinyurl.com/34r4vz6u
☑️ creates uncertainty for businesses + investors
☑️ jeopardizes $5 billion in credit values in Alberta alone
☑️ undermines Canadian exports to priority trading partners like the UK + EU. Details 👇 #cdnpoli
tinyurl.com/34r4vz6u
Eliminating industrial carbon pricing would undermine competitiveness and Canada's climate progress
Industrial carbon pricing is the most important policy Canada has for cutting carbon pollution and creating a competitive clean economy.
climateinstitute.ca
March 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Why cancelling industrial carbon pricing would hurt not help 🇨🇦 companies:
☑️ creates uncertainty for businesses + investors
☑️ jeopardizes $5 billion in credit values in Alberta alone
☑️ undermines Canadian exports to priority trading partners like the UK + EU. Details 👇 #cdnpoli
tinyurl.com/34r4vz6u
☑️ creates uncertainty for businesses + investors
☑️ jeopardizes $5 billion in credit values in Alberta alone
☑️ undermines Canadian exports to priority trading partners like the UK + EU. Details 👇 #cdnpoli
tinyurl.com/34r4vz6u
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President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have launched an unprecedented attack on the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and public health.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
March 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin have launched an unprecedented attack on the EPA’s mission to protect the environment and public health.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
Their plans include repealing standards vital to combatting the climate crisis and shuttering the EPA's environmental justice office.
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#ClosingSoon ❗
➡️ Do you know how to find, process and analyse data?
➡️ Can you spot opportunities to use data to inform topical talking points?
➡️ Do you want to contribute to accurate reporting of climate change and energy?
Apply for the data analyst position here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hfk2BD
➡️ Do you know how to find, process and analyse data?
➡️ Can you spot opportunities to use data to inform topical talking points?
➡️ Do you want to contribute to accurate reporting of climate change and energy?
Apply for the data analyst position here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hfk2BD
February 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#ClosingSoon ❗
➡️ Do you know how to find, process and analyse data?
➡️ Can you spot opportunities to use data to inform topical talking points?
➡️ Do you want to contribute to accurate reporting of climate change and energy?
Apply for the data analyst position here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hfk2BD
➡️ Do you know how to find, process and analyse data?
➡️ Can you spot opportunities to use data to inform topical talking points?
➡️ Do you want to contribute to accurate reporting of climate change and energy?
Apply for the data analyst position here ➡️ https://buff.ly/4hfk2BD
In the worst-case scenario, building new homes in dangerous places could lead [BC] to absorb 95 per cent of Canada’s increased damages from wildfires and half of the spike in the country’s flood bill...The financial risk could surpass $2.2 billion per year in BC
www.richmond-news.com/top-stories/...
www.richmond-news.com/top-stories/...
As Canada builds new homes, B.C. to absorb most of the cost from disaster: study
New homes in the way of wildfire and flooding to cost B.C. $2.2 billion year by 2030, far more than anywhere else in Canada.
www.richmond-news.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In the worst-case scenario, building new homes in dangerous places could lead [BC] to absorb 95 per cent of Canada’s increased damages from wildfires and half of the spike in the country’s flood bill...The financial risk could surpass $2.2 billion per year in BC
www.richmond-news.com/top-stories/...
www.richmond-news.com/top-stories/...
Excellent reporting by @justinehunter.bsky.social on risk to new homes in B.C.
“Many B.C. municipalities are simply unprepared for the growing threat from floods and wildfires. Changing where and how we build housing isn’t easy, but it’s far better than the alternative.” R.Ness tinyurl.com/yvnupnyv
“Many B.C. municipalities are simply unprepared for the growing threat from floods and wildfires. Changing where and how we build housing isn’t easy, but it’s far better than the alternative.” R.Ness tinyurl.com/yvnupnyv
Demand for new housing presses up against growing climate risks
Hundreds of thousands of those new homes are destined to be built in areas across the country at high risk of wildfires and floods, according to new report
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Excellent reporting by @justinehunter.bsky.social on risk to new homes in B.C.
“Many B.C. municipalities are simply unprepared for the growing threat from floods and wildfires. Changing where and how we build housing isn’t easy, but it’s far better than the alternative.” R.Ness tinyurl.com/yvnupnyv
“Many B.C. municipalities are simply unprepared for the growing threat from floods and wildfires. Changing where and how we build housing isn’t easy, but it’s far better than the alternative.” R.Ness tinyurl.com/yvnupnyv
Reposted by Julia Kilpatrick
Check out the climate institute's report - close to home. Wildfire and flooding risk could increase significantly. Wildfire impacts could be highest in Alberta and BC (Fig. 10 below)
climateinstitute.ca/reports/clos...
We need cooperation from all levels of government to address this challenge.
climateinstitute.ca/reports/clos...
We need cooperation from all levels of government to address this challenge.
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Check out the climate institute's report - close to home. Wildfire and flooding risk could increase significantly. Wildfire impacts could be highest in Alberta and BC (Fig. 10 below)
climateinstitute.ca/reports/clos...
We need cooperation from all levels of government to address this challenge.
climateinstitute.ca/reports/clos...
We need cooperation from all levels of government to address this challenge.
Our latest major report is out 🎉 and it hits *close to home* for those of us living in communities facing both a housing shortage AND the threat of floods and fires each season. Please read and share 👇 #cdnpoli #abpoli #CANclimate
NEW RESEARCH: Building much-needed new homes in the path of worsening floods & fires could lead to $3 billion in damages each year. Our latest report shows how govts can avoid most of these costs by building a small percentage of new homes on safer ground. climateinstitute.ca/reports/clos...
February 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our latest major report is out 🎉 and it hits *close to home* for those of us living in communities facing both a housing shortage AND the threat of floods and fires each season. Please read and share 👇 #cdnpoli #abpoli #CANclimate
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Canadian Climate Institute supports strong, united response to U.S. tariffs. Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/canadia...
climateinstitute.ca/news/canadia...
Canadian Climate Institute supports strong, united response to U.S. tariffs - Canadian Climate Institute
TORONTO—Rick Smith, President of the Canadian Climate Institute, made the following statement in response to incoming U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports: “The Canadian Climate Institute is in full supp...
climateinstitute.ca
February 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Canadian Climate Institute supports strong, united response to U.S. tariffs. Read our full statement ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/canadia...
climateinstitute.ca/news/canadia...
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Not long ago coal provided almost 40% of our electricity.
Today it is 0%.
Coal’s decline was achieved without switching to gas, driven instead by renewables & demand reduction.
Wind and solar experienced massive growth as coal entered terminal decline.
@ember-energy.org
Today it is 0%.
Coal’s decline was achieved without switching to gas, driven instead by renewables & demand reduction.
Wind and solar experienced massive growth as coal entered terminal decline.
@ember-energy.org
February 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not long ago coal provided almost 40% of our electricity.
Today it is 0%.
Coal’s decline was achieved without switching to gas, driven instead by renewables & demand reduction.
Wind and solar experienced massive growth as coal entered terminal decline.
@ember-energy.org
Today it is 0%.
Coal’s decline was achieved without switching to gas, driven instead by renewables & demand reduction.
Wind and solar experienced massive growth as coal entered terminal decline.
@ember-energy.org
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Reposted by Julia Kilpatrick
The world's largest producer of oil and gas thinks it's in a "national emergency" and Trump wants to use emergency power to promote more drilling for oil and gas www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump to Declare National Energy Emergency, Unlocking New Powers
President-elect Donald Trump is poised to invoke emergency powers as he orders a series of steps intended to unleash domestic energy production and undo Biden-era policies designed to fight climate ch...
www.bloomberg.com
January 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The world's largest producer of oil and gas thinks it's in a "national emergency" and Trump wants to use emergency power to promote more drilling for oil and gas www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Good piece by @aaronwherry.bsky.social : "The issue was never the carbon tax. The issue is climate change." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
ANALYSIS | The carbon tax is (nearly) dead. Now what? | CBC News
Fans of carbon taxes might lament. But the end of the consumer carbon tax won’t necessarily bring an end to carbon pricing in Canada. Its death might clarify that the real debate is how Canada is goin...
www.cbc.ca
January 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Good piece by @aaronwherry.bsky.social : "The issue was never the carbon tax. The issue is climate change." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...