@chudes.bsky.social
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Next year, we’ll do this too 👇
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s newly elected mayor, has embraced a city-owned startup designed to emulate Vienna’s social housing model, which involves a public developer building housing designed to be permanently affordable.
Progressives Win in Seattle, Changing Directions on Public Safety
Voters ousted a mayor who oversaw a surge in encampment sweeps, and a Republican prosecutor who pursued punitive policies toward homeless people and drug users.
boltsmag.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Next year, we’ll do this too 👇
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Nuclear power will have a major role in creating a low-carbon grid in Canada, says minister Hodgson. Hyperexpensive power generation, historic project cost and construction overruns, hellscape radioactive waste — have we memory-holed the very good reasons new nuclear plants shouldn’t be built?
Carney’s Energy Chief Open to Negotiating on Clean Power Rules
Canada’s government is willing to negotiate with more provinces beyond Alberta on lifting clean electricity regulations if they have equivalent policies, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said.
www.bloomberg.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Nuclear power will have a major role in creating a low-carbon grid in Canada, says minister Hodgson. Hyperexpensive power generation, historic project cost and construction overruns, hellscape radioactive waste — have we memory-holed the very good reasons new nuclear plants shouldn’t be built?
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Smart take: "Simply put, the federal government is trying to find a policy solution to what is in reality an identity problem. Such attempts to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn’t compromise."
Pulled together some of my thoughts on AB - CAN agreement here. Simply put, this agreement is likely to deepen divides in the country, not heal them.
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...
MOU Problems
While intended to heal the rift in Canadian unity, the agreement between federal and Alberta provincial governments risks leaving the country even more divided
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Smart take: "Simply put, the federal government is trying to find a policy solution to what is in reality an identity problem. Such attempts to placate will only embolden, because the goal isn’t compromise."
The betrayal of the green conscience of Carney's government. Must read. Here's a free link.
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The betrayal of the green conscience of Carney's government. Must read. Here's a free link.
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WATCH: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sounds the alarm on yesterday’s shocking MOU and its catastrophic consequences for climate action.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
WATCH: Green Party Leader Elizabeth May sounds the alarm on yesterday’s shocking MOU and its catastrophic consequences for climate action.
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Good politics? Bad policy? We're bringing together two of the smartest climate and energy voices in Canada to sort through the Carney-Smith MOU on Monday: @chrishatch.bsky.social and @maxfawcett.bsky.social, moderated by @supriya.bsky.social. Join the debate at noon PT / 3 ET here:
How will the pipeline pact play out? Join us Monday on Zoom for 'The Pipeline Debate'
In our ever-more siloed informational environment, having places and spaces where spirited disagreement can happen under one digital roof is an important bulwark against the polarization that too ofte...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Good politics? Bad policy? We're bringing together two of the smartest climate and energy voices in Canada to sort through the Carney-Smith MOU on Monday: @chrishatch.bsky.social and @maxfawcett.bsky.social, moderated by @supriya.bsky.social. Join the debate at noon PT / 3 ET here:
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Imagine the hole in Alberta’s budget when the price & demand for oil is in long-term decline in 2030s as a result of the energy transition and increased demand for clean energy. Not nostalgia for the past, it’s about winning the future. Just economics, folks.
Alberta faces $6.4-billion deficit as falling oil prices and trade troubles take toll
This year’s budget represents a massive multibillion-dollar swing from an $8.3-billion surplus last year
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Imagine the hole in Alberta’s budget when the price & demand for oil is in long-term decline in 2030s as a result of the energy transition and increased demand for clean energy. Not nostalgia for the past, it’s about winning the future. Just economics, folks.
Well said @melanievi.bsky.social
All these analysts explaining Carney’s pipeline deal like is 3D chess. Seems we’ll go to great lengths to make excuses for leaders we trust (or want to trust), despite being shown what they stand for- which in Carney’s case is an expanded military, trashing climate, and cutting taxes on yachts, etc.
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Well said @melanievi.bsky.social
At least one Liberal has principles.
Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet
Before entering elected politics, the Liberal MP worked as a famed environmentalist.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
At least one Liberal has principles.
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Hey Canadians: This is what winning the future looks like! (Hint: it’s not doubling down on oil and gas!)
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey Canadians: This is what winning the future looks like! (Hint: it’s not doubling down on oil and gas!)
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
Great piece by @gmbutts.bsky.social, Rick Smith, Peter Nicholson.
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People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
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Reducing seniors’ poverty was one of Canada’s greatest social policy success stories of the 20th century, explains senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
Rising poverty and economic insecurity among BC seniors
Nearly 170,000 BC seniors are living in poverty and many more have incomes only marginally above the poverty line.
The poverty rate among BC seniors (15.5%) now exceeds the poverty rate of every other age group, a change since 2015. These are real people who are forced to choose between grocerie
bcpolicy.ca
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reducing seniors’ poverty was one of Canada’s greatest social policy success stories of the 20th century, explains senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
This social policy success has been reversed and seniors’ poverty has risen significantly since the mid-1990s.
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1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
1/ Mark Carney has betrayed all of us by making a pipeline pact with Danielle Smith. A real nation-building project would expand the renewable energy of the future while creating thousands of jobs - powerlines not pipelines.
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The MOU states a new “bitumen pipeline to Asian markets” is a priority for Canada, and that if a new pipeline is ultimately approved under the Building Canada Act, the federal government will exempt it from the oil tanker moratorium.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The MOU states a new “bitumen pipeline to Asian markets” is a priority for Canada, and that if a new pipeline is ultimately approved under the Building Canada Act, the federal government will exempt it from the oil tanker moratorium.
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Carney caved on virtually all of Smith's demands. Updates to come.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Carney caved on virtually all of Smith's demands. Updates to come.
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1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
1. This federal-Alberta pipeline MOU is even worse than I expected. Even before we get to the pipeline:
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
(cont'd)
- exempts AB from net zero electricity reg (AB produces 44% of all electricity-related GHGs in Canada).
- delays methane reg by 5 years (75% redn by 2035 rather than 2030.
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"Over a decade ago the community of Kitimat voted to oppose the Northern Gateway project. The Haisla Nation, who were firmly against that proposal at that time, still maintain that same position today”
The mayor of Kitimat and Chief of the Haisla met with Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The mayor of Kitimat and Chief of the Haisla met with Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Two key North Coast B.C. leaders meet with Alberta's premier ahead of expected federal pipeline support | CBC News
The mayor of Kitimat, B.C., and elected chief of the Haisla First Nation say they reminded Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of the longstanding opposition to an oil pipeline in the region.
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Over a decade ago the community of Kitimat voted to oppose the Northern Gateway project. The Haisla Nation, who were firmly against that proposal at that time, still maintain that same position today”
The mayor of Kitimat and Chief of the Haisla met with Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The mayor of Kitimat and Chief of the Haisla met with Danielle Smith
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta
rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We've fallen into an anti-immigration, anti-climate, short-sighted economic doofus era, brought to you by the guy who we thought was a smart policy wonk.
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“What they’re talking about is doubling production in the tar sands, the most toxic muck hole in the world. Why would anybody consider that?” he said. “And is global warming over? Is it all of a sudden okay to start increasing production again?”"
- Haida Hereditary Chief Guujaaw
- Haida Hereditary Chief Guujaaw
Carney, Smith sign sweeping energy deal, pledge new pipeline to West Coast
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“What they’re talking about is doubling production in the tar sands, the most toxic muck hole in the world. Why would anybody consider that?” he said. “And is global warming over? Is it all of a sudden okay to start increasing production again?”"
- Haida Hereditary Chief Guujaaw
- Haida Hereditary Chief Guujaaw
When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance barnraisingmedia.com/when-we-win-...
When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance
After decades of struggle, indigenous leaders and organizers have shown how to win against billionaires and large corporations.
barnraisingmedia.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When We Win: Stories From the Frontlines of Ecological Resistance barnraisingmedia.com/when-we-win-...
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Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
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Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Say what you will about the Conservatives, but at least they would have stabbed you in the front.
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On threads they're once again framing this as a Masterful Gambit by the prime minister.
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
Genuinely feels like there's been a coup within the Liberal party thanks to Carney and his bros.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Not to say Trudeau's Liberals were much better (they bought a pipeline!) but Carney is a full-blown red tory and I'm shocked more Liberals aren't outraged their party has been usurped like this.
Super cool that we've got a deal for a path towards a pipeline that's tied to a carbon capture project, as if that makes it okay
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
when carbon capture one of the most expensive and least effective options for addressing climate change, and oil companies often use it to EXTRACT MORE OIL!!!!
fuck man
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
On threads they're once again framing this as a Masterful Gambit by the prime minister.
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
I swear Carney could frack the greenbelt and some people would be like "you don't understand, Carney is playing chess while the conservatives are playing checkers!!!"
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Who wants roadblocks, heat dome fires, windstorms, landslides, floods and more for ignoring the province’s environment and the First Nations?
Because this is how you get roadblocks, heat dome fires, windstorms, landslides, and floods.
Because this is how you get roadblocks, heat dome fires, windstorms, landslides, and floods.
Danielle Smith just suckered Mark Carney into reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline.
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
This is the antithesis of "nation-building."
There is no economic, political or environmental case for Stephen Harper's dream.
This won't end well.
For Canada or Carney.
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Ottawa, Alberta agree to broad outlines of energy deal, including path to pipeline | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have agreed to the broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental l...
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Who wants roadblocks, heat dome fires, windstorms, landslides, floods and more for ignoring the province’s environment and the First Nations?
Because this is how you get roadblocks, heat dome fires, windstorms, landslides, and floods.
Because this is how you get roadblocks, heat dome fires, windstorms, landslides, and floods.