Rochelle Baker
@rochellebaker1.bsky.social
Rochelle Baker: LJI reporter @NatObserver
Island Insider
My beat: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #ruralhinterland
Island Insider
My beat: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #ruralhinterland
Prime Minister Mark Carney backs the North Coast Transmission Line as a nation building project — questions remain about who will buy the power and who will pay for it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/n...
Carney supercharges BC's northern grid with nation-building label
The North Coast Transmission Line has been added to the list of major projects by the prime minister.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney backs the North Coast Transmission Line as a nation building project — questions remain about who will buy the power and who will pay for it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Decoding the Major Projects Office, the centrepiece of Carney’s nation-building plans
MPO’s creation reflects PM’s belief that government and its agencies need to better and more swiftly row in the same direction
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
“I don't see any prospect of a pipeline unless it is fully taxpayer funded, and the federal government forces it through provincial and indigenous objections," says BC Premier David Eby.
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
BC and First Nations unite to defend tanker ban
Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations signed a declaration on Wednesday calling on the federal government to defend BC's oil tanker ban.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“I don't see any prospect of a pipeline unless it is fully taxpayer funded, and the federal government forces it through provincial and indigenous objections," says BC Premier David Eby.
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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🔥 Mayor Brandon Johnson once again calls for a General Strike. He says the power of the Labor Movement & The Civil Rights Movement combining was what Dr King imagined.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🔥 Mayor Brandon Johnson once again calls for a General Strike. He says the power of the Labor Movement & The Civil Rights Movement combining was what Dr King imagined.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
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Canada will remember.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Canada will remember.
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It’s not just dazzling headlights - the growing size of vehicles, especially SUVs, is making our roads more dangerous for smaller-car users, pedestrians, cyclists and children
#SUVAlliance
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#SUVAlliance
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Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It’s not just dazzling headlights - the growing size of vehicles, especially SUVs, is making our roads more dangerous for smaller-car users, pedestrians, cyclists and children
#SUVAlliance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#SUVAlliance
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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It’s pronounced cyclist.
October 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It’s pronounced cyclist.
Amen.
Without immigration, Dawson Creek would be a community in decline. I appreciate governments across the country are desperate to change the channel regarding their failure to build housing and increase capacity for public services over the last 50 years, but scapegoating immigrants ain't it.
Conservatives want to end birthright citizenship for children of temporary residents
The Conservatives want to restrict birthright citizenship in Canada, a measure they say would mirror the rules in peer countries.
www.ctvnews.ca
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Amen.
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Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
The failure of carbon offsets to cut planet-heating pollution is “not due to a few bad apples”, a review paper has found, but down to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve.
Research over two decades has found “intractable” problems that have made carbon credits in most big programmes poor quality, according to the study. While the industry and diplomats have made efforts to improve the system, it found much-awaited rules agreed at a UN climate summit last year “did not substantially address the quality problem”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Will I be the first to suggest the carbon offsets worked exactly as planned: they delayed real action for another 25 years
Danielle Smith announces Alberta will be the proponent in a new pipeline application. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/01/n...
Danielle Smith announces Alberta will be the proponent in a new pipeline application
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new proposed pipeline on Wednesday to carry oil from Alberta to the West Coast. The province itself will be the proponent applying to the federal Major Proje...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Danielle Smith announces Alberta will be the proponent in a new pipeline application. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/01/n...
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After five decades of declining wildlife populations, now is not the time to walk back protections for biodiversity and habitats.
Protecting nature and boosting the economy are not mutually exclusive, but rather, interdependent goals.
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Protecting nature and boosting the economy are not mutually exclusive, but rather, interdependent goals.
🔗: @nationalobserver.com
✍️: @rochellebaker1.bsky.social
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Canada’s wildlife woes show nature is foundational in nation-building
From caribou to killer whales, Canada’s plummeting wildlife populations highlight the urgency of aligning 'major project' ambitions with biodiversity promises, a new WWF study shows.
www.nationalobserver.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
After five decades of declining wildlife populations, now is not the time to walk back protections for biodiversity and habitats.
Protecting nature and boosting the economy are not mutually exclusive, but rather, interdependent goals.
🔗: @nationalobserver.com
✍️: @rochellebaker1.bsky.social
🌎
Protecting nature and boosting the economy are not mutually exclusive, but rather, interdependent goals.
🔗: @nationalobserver.com
✍️: @rochellebaker1.bsky.social
🌎
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It's the first landfill proposal in the province selected for fast-tracking under Premier Doug Ford's newly enacted Bill 5 — which makes the project immune to many of the checks and balances it would otherwise face. Great story here from @matinsarfraz.bsky.social
'Town killer': Ontario residents fight Ford’s fast-track landfill project
When Ashley Khouathip left Toronto five years ago, she was looking for clean air for her five children, affordable housing and a slower pace of life. She wanted a place where kids could bike and fish ...
www.nationalobserver.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It's the first landfill proposal in the province selected for fast-tracking under Premier Doug Ford's newly enacted Bill 5 — which makes the project immune to many of the checks and balances it would otherwise face. Great story here from @matinsarfraz.bsky.social
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One way to read Lowan's victory is that progressives are hungry for bold change. We saw this in New York City, we've now seen this in the BC Greens, and as the federal NDP kicks off its leadership race this is clearly how the political winds are blowing.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
Emily Lowan sweeps BC Greens leadership, takes aim at NDP
The new BC Green Leader cast her win as a generational transformation based on energy and optimism from a flood of young party members that will transform politics in the province.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One way to read Lowan's victory is that progressives are hungry for bold change. We saw this in New York City, we've now seen this in the BC Greens, and as the federal NDP kicks off its leadership race this is clearly how the political winds are blowing.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/n...
Mr. Eby doesn't mention that the electrical build-out he's lauding especially in northern BC is primarily to fuel the expansion of the LNG industry ... one of the fossil fuels burning up the planet. This at NY climate week. Flabbergasted.
My message at NYC Climate Week: Look to BC!
Our clean energy means we can produce the lowest carbon energy products anywhere in the world.
While clean tech is chased out of other places, they are welcomed in BC.
We are ready to do this work while bringing prosperity to BC and Canada.
Our clean energy means we can produce the lowest carbon energy products anywhere in the world.
While clean tech is chased out of other places, they are welcomed in BC.
We are ready to do this work while bringing prosperity to BC and Canada.
September 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Mr. Eby doesn't mention that the electrical build-out he's lauding especially in northern BC is primarily to fuel the expansion of the LNG industry ... one of the fossil fuels burning up the planet. This at NY climate week. Flabbergasted.
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The Trudeau-era strategy of influencing policy by lobbying high-level officials isn't working for climate groups — who are now pivoting to an outsider game in an attempt to find leverage in the age of Carney.
Shut out of meetings, environmental groups fight for Carney's consideration
Replaying the Trudeau-era strategy of influencing policy by lobbying high-level officials isn't working for climate groups who are now pivoting to an outsider game in an attempt to find leverage in th...
www.nationalobserver.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Trudeau-era strategy of influencing policy by lobbying high-level officials isn't working for climate groups — who are now pivoting to an outsider game in an attempt to find leverage in the age of Carney.
Alberta’s new power market plan sidestepped fixes for the intertie with BC, which represents a lost opportunity for Ottawa's dreams of a national grid.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/17/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/17/a...
Energy market reforms don't fix broken BC-Alberta power link
Alberta’s new power market plan sidestepped fixes for the intertie with BC, which represents a lost opportunity for Ottawa's dreams of a national grid.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Alberta’s new power market plan sidestepped fixes for the intertie with BC, which represents a lost opportunity for Ottawa's dreams of a national grid.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/17/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/17/a...
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Just canceled Disney+ under reasons for cancelation? "You canceled Jimmy Kimmel, we canceled you." Seems only fair. This is the way!
September 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Just canceled Disney+ under reasons for cancelation? "You canceled Jimmy Kimmel, we canceled you." Seems only fair. This is the way!
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I called five different numbers. Every single one led to the same man’s voicemail. My first investigative piece is out in Canada’s National Observer—uncovering a hidden fossil fuel ad network.
Mapping the dark-money oil and gas ads targeting a small Ontario town
Dark money is paying for oil and gas ads on shadowy Facebook pages, all coordinated by a PR firm with oil and gas — and Conservative Party — connections. How did a small town in Southern Ontario find ...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I called five different numbers. Every single one led to the same man’s voicemail. My first investigative piece is out in Canada’s National Observer—uncovering a hidden fossil fuel ad network.
Carney was criticized for “deceiving voters” during the election. He cloaked himself as the face of the “elbows up” movement and an alternative to the Conservatives — only to poach Poilievre’s policy and talking points after gaining power, NDP caucus said. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/n...
NDP eyes comeback with a return to the left
After a ‘brutal’ election, the party is focused on contrasting itself with Carney’s ‘conservative’ tendencies.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Carney was criticized for “deceiving voters” during the election. He cloaked himself as the face of the “elbows up” movement and an alternative to the Conservatives — only to poach Poilievre’s policy and talking points after gaining power, NDP caucus said. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/11/n...
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The federal NDP plans to rebuild by reclaiming political ground on the left, interim party leader Don Davies said in an interview with Canada’s National Observer. Via @rochellebaker1.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/12/n...
NDP eyes comeback with a return to the left
After a ‘brutal’ election, the party is focused on contrasting itself with Carney’s ‘conservative’ tendencies.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The federal NDP plans to rebuild by reclaiming political ground on the left, interim party leader Don Davies said in an interview with Canada’s National Observer. Via @rochellebaker1.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/12/n...
Cutting creek walker contracts during salmon spawning season is ‘gross mismanagement’ by Fisheries Canada, critics say. The latest lapse is part of a DFO legacy of neglect in monitoring BC salmon returns on northern coast. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/n...
Pacific salmon monitoring takes a dive with DFO cuts
Cutting creek walker contracts at the height of salmon spawning season is ‘gross mismanagement’ by Fisheries Canada, critics say.
www.nationalobserver.com
September 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Cutting creek walker contracts during salmon spawning season is ‘gross mismanagement’ by Fisheries Canada, critics say. The latest lapse is part of a DFO legacy of neglect in monitoring BC salmon returns on northern coast. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/05/n...
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Critics contend that Premier Doug Ford’s decision makes no sense and his arguments aren’t backed by evidence while ignoring downsides such more congestion, higher emissions and the risk of losing skilled staff to more flexible employers. @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/27/a...
Critics and unions question merits of Ontario's return-to-office plan
Some in the province are contending Premier Doug Ford’s decision makes no sense and his arguments aren’t backed by evidence while ignoring downsides such more congestion, higher emissions and the risk...
www.nationalobserver.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Critics contend that Premier Doug Ford’s decision makes no sense and his arguments aren’t backed by evidence while ignoring downsides such more congestion, higher emissions and the risk of losing skilled staff to more flexible employers. @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/27/a...