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Independent, solutions-focused journalism goes further when readers like you support it.

From our climate reporting in Alberta, to COP30 in Belém, to Parliament Hill & everywhere in between, The Energy Mix delivers crucial news for crucial times.

Help us go further: www.theenergymix.com/donate
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#COP30 ends with an “empty deal,” dropping any fossil fuel phaseout despite backing from 80+ countries. Colombia objected after pushback from petrostates.

Some wins on adaptation, forests & just transition, but no roadmap for the urgent fossil phaseout the science demands.
BREAKING: ‘Empty Deal’ at COP30 as Petrostates Block Progress on Fossil Fuel Phaseout
A dramatic, last-minute intervention by Colombia at the closing session of the COP30 climate summit Saturday afternoon failed to derail what one veteran negotiator called an “empty deal” on countries’...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
As Ottawa and Alberta edge toward a new pipeline deal, Carbon Tracker (@carbontracker.bsky.social) warns the plan is a financial trap.

Up to 30% of Canada’s oil & gas value is at risk, and provincial revenues could fall 82% in the 2030s as global demand drops.
BREAKING: With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian o...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Brazil is pushing #COP30 delegates to land major mid-week deals on emissions, finance, adaptation, and a fossil fuel phasedown.

Momentum is growing for a global roadmap, while Canada faces criticism for weak engagement and no new climate finance.

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COP30 Pushes for Mid-Week Decisions on Emissions Gap, Finance, Just Transition, and More
COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago of Brazil was aiming for major diplomatic progress by mid-week and Canada was called out for behaving badly as United Nations climate negotiations in Belém entered...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
138 sustainability leaders say the 2025 budget weakens climate policy and misses a critical moment. They warn it’s “neither transformative nor nation-building,” citing cuts to reforestation, anti-greenwashing rules, and stalled oil and gas caps.

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BREAKING: 138 Sustainability Leaders Scorch Climate Rollbacks in Federal Budget
A group of 138 sustainability leaders from business, academia, environmental NGOs, and government, along with 70 of their affiliated organizations, are scorching the climate rollbacks in the Carney go...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🌎 IEA (@iea.org)’s new outlook adds a Trump-pressured scenario showing rising fossil demand and ~3°C warming. But its net-zero path still rules out new long-term oil and gas projects and shows demand peaking by 2030–35.

Analysts call the fossil-heavy scenario unrealistic.

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IEA Puts ‘Poison on the Menu’ But Maintains Net-Zero Scenario Despite Pressure from Trump
Under intense pressure from the Trump administration, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a carefully-hedged analysis that still shows fossil fuel demand peaking within years, but also po...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌎 #COP30 is underway in Belém, Brazil.

The Energy Mix is following the negotiations, political signals, & stories unfolding inside and outside the official talks. Our coverage features reporting by Mitchell Beer, Kiara Worth, & contributors from around the world.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The Energy Mix is delighted to feature daily reflections and photos from photographer and storyteller Kiara Worth, reporting from #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, with a personal look at the people and moments shaping this year’s UN climate summit.

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Dispatches from Belém: COP30 Through a Photographer’s Lens
The Energy Mix is delighted to feature daily reflections and photos from photographer and storyteller Kiara Worth, reporting from COP30 in Belém, Brazil, with a personal look at the people and moments...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Canada’s first Carney-era budget places competitiveness over climate. Emissions cap softened, CCS extended, greenwashing rules eased, 2 Billion Trees wound down, and small Youth Climate Corps funded.

Read the full #Budget2025 analysis by @mitchellbeer.bsky.social
More Competitiveness, Less Climate as Carney Releases First Budget
A climate competitiveness strategy that sidesteps emission reduction mandates for fossil fuel producers and sets the stage to repeal a hard-fought cap on the industry’s carbon pollution is a centrepie...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Energy Mix hosted a live discussion with climate and sustainability experts on the 2025 federal budget.

We gathered their perspectives and insights as budget details emerged.

👉 See the latest on our blog page & in the thread 🧵 below: www.theenergymix.com/live-blog-cl...
LIVE BLOG: Climate Community Reacts to the 2025 Canada Budget
Starting at 6:30 PM ET, The Energy Mix will host a discussion with climate and sustainability experts as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne delivers the Liberal government’s first budget.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🍁 The 2025 federal budget lands today.

The Energy Mix will host a discussion with climate and sustainability experts as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne delivers the Liberal government’s first budget.

👉 See our page for reactions & updates this evening, starting at 6:30 PM ET.
LIVE BLOG: Climate Community Reacts to the 2025 Canada Budget
Starting at 6:30 PM ET, The Energy Mix will host a discussion with climate and sustainability experts as Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne delivers the Liberal government’s first budget.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🍁 Carney’s first budget lands today, with a climate competitiveness plan expected to lean heavily on carbon capture & potentially trade an emissions cap for industrial carbon pricing. Key gaps remain, warn analysts.

The stakes are high for Canada’s climate credibility & economic direction.
Carney Signals ‘Difficult Choices’ Ahead of Budget, Climate Competitiveness Plan
With Prime Minister Mark Carney signposting “difficult choices, responsible choices” in his government’s first budget, due for release later today, Canadians will soon know the shape and direction of ...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The world's largest AI data centre is coming to drought-stricken northern Alberta, championed by a celebrity investor & the Alberta government.

We dig into its economic benefits, Indigenous consent, carbon emissions, & strain on local water.

👉 Read the latest: www.theenergymix.com/hidden-wonde...
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Kevin O’Leary promised he would raise $2B for a huge job-creating AI data centre in northern Alberta. By the end of the next quarter. That was in March.
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$70B Wonder Valley Project Still A Mirage as O’Leary’s AI Dream Stalls in Alberta
Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary’s much-hyped plan to build the largest AI data centre park on Earth has yet to move forward in northern Alberta, even though the provincial government said the televis...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Applications close Oct 31st for our Stephen Lewis Climate Journalism Fellowship!

If you're a student, recent grad, or emerging newswriter with a passion for telling stories on the climate & energy transition, we want to hear from you.

👉 Join our team: www.theenergymix.com/stephen-lewis-fellowship
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Fossil fuel firms are ignoring 90% of methane leak alerts flagged by satellites, says the UN. Methane is 84x more potent than CO₂, yet response rates rose only from 1% to 12%.

“We can’t ignore these easy wins,” says @unep.org’s @ingerandersen.bsky.social.
Fossils' Response to Methane Leaks Improves Too Slowly, 90% Still Ignored, UN Says
As governments and fossil fuel companies largely fail to act on alerts from methane-detecting satellites, a new report says they’re undermining their own operations and bottom lines while missing a ke...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Four youth are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, saying it’s failing to protect their pensions from climate risk.

It’s the first Canadian lawsuit to challenge a pension fund’s climate management. CPP is "flying blind" to the risks of climate change, says @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social.
BREAKING: 4 Youth Sue CPP Investments for Failing to Protect Pensions from Climate Risk
Four youth from across Canada are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for failing to protect their pensions from climate risk, in what the Board is interpreting as an attack on the pension ...
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October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada just pledged $3 billion in subsidies for small modular reactors at Darlington, with $2 billion from Ottawa and $1 billion from Ontario.

Critics say the project’s $7.7-billion price tag makes it up to eight times costlier than wind.

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BREAKING: Carney, Ford Announce $3B in Subsidies for Darlington Nuclear Project
The federal and Ontario governments have announced a combined $3 billion in new subsidies to support small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) development at the Darlington generating station east of Toront...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A new AI tool from Wood Mackenzie could unlock a trillion more barrels of oil, and 400 billion tonnes of CO₂.

Analysts call it “game-changing in the wrong direction,” propping up a dying industry when we need to phase it out.

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A TRILLION MORE BARRELS OF OIL: New AI Tool Would Trigger 400 Billion Tonnes of Climate Pollution
Artificial intelligence could help fossil companies unlock another trillion barrels of production from existing oil wells through 2050, according to a global consultancy touting the “breakthrough” AI ...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🌡️ New research shows the Paris Agreement is working, but not fast enough. Current pledges could limit warming to 2.6°C, yet still bring 57 more days of extreme heat each year.

"Every fraction of a degree will mean the difference between safety and suffering for millions.” - @frediotto.bsky.social
Paris Agreement Delivers Results, But Countries Must Move ‘Much More Seriously’ on Climate Impacts: Researchers
Emission reduction pledges under the 2015 Paris climate agreement are already delivering results, but countries’ promises to date will still mean dangerous heat, severe health impacts, and widening in...
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October 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
📢 The Energy Mix is accepting applications for the Stephen Lewis Climate Journalism Fellowship!

A short-term paid opportunity for emerging journalists & recent grads to cover the defining crises of our time & the solutions driving change.

Apply here: www.theenergymix.com/stephen-lewis-fellowship
October 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
☀️📈 The @iea.org says global renewable energy capacity will double by 2030, driven by massive solar growth in China and India, even as U.S. progress stalls under Trump-era rollbacks.

A crucial turning point for clean power worldwide.

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Global Renewables to Double by 2030 as U.S. Slumps, China and India Step Up
While global renewable electricity installations will grow at a slightly slower pace than modellers previously expected between 2025 and 2030, total capacity is still on track to double by decade’s en...
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October 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Danielle Smith’s “pipeline do-over” has no investors, no plan, just public money propping up a dying industry, experts warn.

Alberta’s new oil pipeline could cost billions and end up stranded as the world moves past fossil fuels.

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Alberta’s New Pipeline Pitch: Bad for Business, Disastrous for Climate, Analysts Say
Climate advocates and at least one policy analyst are taking Alberta Premier Danielle Smith back to business school after she promised to pitch a new westbound oil pipeline to the federal Major Projec...
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October 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
🧡 10 years since Canada promised action on truth & reconciliation, yet only 15 TRC Calls are complete.

🌎 10 years since Canada entered the Paris Agreement, yet 1.5°C is out of reach.

Indigenous nations are leading on climate. True reconciliation and climate justice mean following their lead.
National Day for Truth & Reconciliation: ‘Rhetoric’ for Indigenous Rights and Climate; Fast Track for Fossil Fuels
A decade after the federal government promised to implement the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and meet the targets in the Paris climate agreement, both goals are falling out o...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After a summer of wildfires, heat & toxic air, 250+ city leaders urge Ottawa to fund “nation-building, not nation-burning” projects.

Elbows Up For Climate says a clean grid, housing, & transit could strengthen economic independence, lower emissions & reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney
A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM