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Peter McCartney
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Nerding out about Indigenous community planning these days. Still big on fighting fossil fuel extraction, protecting nature, defending Indigenous rights and building communities that don't pollute.
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BC is not just ceding its leadership on EVs, but arguing against provincial leadership. Passing the buck on incentives (up to the feds) and wrt regulations "there should be one clear, harmonized sales target for the country to provide clarity..."
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/n...
BC redrawing EV sales mandate, scraps adoption goal and leaves rebates to Feds
Adrian Dix told reporters on Tuesday that the 100-per-cent mandate in 2035 and a 90-per-cent goal for 2030 were no longer "realistic," and the NDP government would introduce legislation next year to r...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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📢 For the first time in over a decade, Canada has been shamed at #COP30 as the “Fossil of the Day” — the most dishonourable award given during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.”

Read our press release:
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Canada shamed as “Fossil of the Day” at COP30, for the first time in more than a decade - Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac)
Belém, Brazil, 18 November 2025: Today at COP30, international civil society denounced Canada as Fossil of the Day—the first time since 2014 that Canada has been singled out for this dishonour. Foss...
shorturl.at
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I think it's a lot easier to think of #nuclear as "clean energy" if you are willing to ignore the people who mined the fuel, the communities they live in, and what happens after the mines close.

Turns out there are a lot of Native Americans in those two categories.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Climate Action Tracker's update on Canada's climate policies is a grim read.

"Our rating of Canada’s policies and action has worsened to 'Highly Insufficient', with the latest emissions projections now higher than previous updates"

climateactiontracker.org/countries/ca...
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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Canada is pouring billions into LNG megaprojects while the rest of the world moves on. This CleanTechnica piece shows how public money is propping up fossil exports instead of building the clean, resilient economy we actually need.
Nation-Building or Asset Stranding: What Canada’s Latest Megaprojects Tell Us - CleanTechnica
Canada’s new megaprojects focus on LNG expansion over clean infrastructure. A national HVDC spine offers a stronger path for growth and climate alignment.
cleantechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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We are not living in an era of optional climate policy. We are living in an era of planetary limits where the choices we make in city halls will determine the world our children inherit, @carolmliao.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social write. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/13/o...
Vancouver’s climate leadership is a promise we can’t break
Eliminating the city’s climate and sustainability department is a betrayal of our collective future, write Carol Liao and Naomi Klein
www.nationalobserver.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This segment on CBC last night is such a perfect example of what's wrong with politics in this country. That an MP criticizing their own government's policies is seen as unacceptable across party lines is scary. That the political class thinks we elect cheerleaders is worse. youtu.be/-yoTKV-fLcA?...
Carney outlines plan to make Canada less reliant on U.S. | Power & Politics
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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When you switch from fossil to clean you only use like 30-40% of the energy to do the same stuff, bc most energy from fossil fuels is lost as waste heat

What's I'm trying to say is that all climate action is degrowth

WELCOME TO DEGROWTH EVERYONE
From my file on the IEA's world energy outlook.

"Primary energy" = what goes in

"Final energy" = what comes out
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The space in between: mostly lost energy bc burning fossil fuels is absurdly wasteful.

So in the net zero scenario, that gaps closes to zero --->>
November 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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We should vote only for those who promise to make billionaires history.
We need a great levelling, through tax and redistribution.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t | George Monbiot
Money talks – and his essay denouncing ‘near-term emissions goals’ at Cop30 mostly argues the case for letting the ultra-rich off the hook
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This country is five banks, four oil companies and three telecoms in a trench coat.
“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Feds faced intense lobbying pressure before budget
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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“Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully persuaded Prime Minister Mark Carney's government” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Feds faced intense lobbying pressure before budget
Since April's election, oil and gas lobbyists notched at least 177 meetings with federal officials — a third of which were in September alone. If Tuesday's budget is any indication, they successfully ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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still one of the finest essays on this particularly grim episode of corporate social murder
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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“If the water isn't able to be treated and reused in the mines and for development, why is it good enough for us to drink?” said Billy-Joe Tuccaro, chief of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Alberta chiefs say oilsands causing cancer surge, call for halt to tailings plan
Indigenous leaders in Alberta say unchecked oilsands development is devastating their land and could be linked to rising cancer rates in their communities.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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The projected cost of a $100-million water pipeline stretching more than 50 kilometres from the Peace River to drought-stressed Dawson Creek is nearly five times greater than what the city received in property tax revenue last year.

Ben Parfitt writes. #bcpoli
Why Fracking Firms Should Pay for a $100-Million Water Pipeline | The Tyee
As Dawson Creek considers transferring drinking water from the Peace River, BC could make energy companies fund the project.
thetyee.ca
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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In case you wanted some specifics on the Liberal 2025 budget cuts on the environment.

thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Lesson to all the people who told us a pipeline was the price to pay for good climate policy: it can all be undone the moment the winds change. It's more important than ever to stop building fossil fuel infrastructure no matter how governments try to spin it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Canada Signals It Plans to Scrap Oil and Gas Emissions Cap
The Canadian government signaled it plans to eventually lift the controversial cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector, doubling down instead on its industrial carbon pricing system to rein in po...
www.bloomberg.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I've learned never to get my hopes up with politicians but today is a good day for the movements that put them there ✊
November 5, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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You failed to mention that Indigenous people are shouldering 20% of your austerity budget cuts.

This is #apartheid in Canada.

Following in your father's footsteps, as predicted.
Carney government cuts unfairly hit First Nations
Budget cuts to Indigenous services violate equality rights and risk legal, moral, and financial consequences.
policyoptions.irpp.org
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Fracking isn’t just fueling the #ClimateCrisis — it’s harming the communities forced to live beside it.

It’s time to end fracking in B.C. ✊
www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/...

#BCpoli
Add your voice to end fracking in B.C.
Sign our petition and call on B.C. to protect communities from climate disasters by ending fracking in the province!
www.wildernesscommittee.org
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Did you know there are 25,000+ fracking wells in B.C.? Most are in the northeast — bringing pollution, poisoned wate and unbearable noise to nearby communities.

📸 Fracking site, Northeastern B.C. (2022)

#Fracking #ClimateAction #BCpoli
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Pre-Trudeau, First Nations communities suffered under a 2% annual funding increase cap. That cap didn't keep pace with population growth. Under Carney's Liberals, it's not just a 2% increase cap - it's a ZERO percent cap, a freeze. Literally worse than Harper. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM