Calvin Beauchesne
@greencalvin.bsky.social
Climate policy wonk. 2024 BC Green Candidate. MA Sustainability Studies. Outdoor enthusiast and music lover. Fighting for a just and sustainable future. Born at 358 ppm C02. #RebelForLife
Surprise surprise- Canada is projected to barely get half way to our 2030 climate targets- a significant drop in progress since Trudeau. Carney is dragging us backwards on climate.
#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social #abpoli #skpoli
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#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social #abpoli #skpoli
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Canada's 2030 climate target far out of reach, according to Environment Canada data | CBC News
Canada's legally binding climate target seems to be out of reach, according to new data released from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Surprise surprise- Canada is projected to barely get half way to our 2030 climate targets- a significant drop in progress since Trudeau. Carney is dragging us backwards on climate.
#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social #abpoli #skpoli
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#cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social #abpoli #skpoli
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Alberta gets until 2035 to comply with methane regulations instead of 2030. Carney gives another exception to the country's biggest climate polluter.
If Canada wants to make meaningful progress on climate we can't keep letting Alberta not play by the rules. #cdnpoli
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If Canada wants to make meaningful progress on climate we can't keep letting Alberta not play by the rules. #cdnpoli
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Ottawa releases plan to slash methane pollution, as new footage shows the extent of the problem | CBC News
The federal government announced Tuesday new regulations to tackle one of the most potent forms of climate pollution: methane from the oil and gas industry. The announcement comes as an environmental ...
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December 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Alberta gets until 2035 to comply with methane regulations instead of 2030. Carney gives another exception to the country's biggest climate polluter.
If Canada wants to make meaningful progress on climate we can't keep letting Alberta not play by the rules. #cdnpoli
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If Canada wants to make meaningful progress on climate we can't keep letting Alberta not play by the rules. #cdnpoli
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I like nation-building projects that don’t cause climate disruption or spill oil in our waterways www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social #onpoli #qcpoli
Ottawa-Montreal chosen as 1st segment of promised high-speed rail line | CBC News
The federal government said Friday it is moving ahead with plans for Canada’s first high-speed rail network, with the initial segment set to connect Montreal and Ottawa.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I like nation-building projects that don’t cause climate disruption or spill oil in our waterways www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social #onpoli #qcpoli
The same is true for atmospheric rivers like the one in BC.
Increasingly big climate polluters like Canada (mostly Alberta) and US should bear some responsibility for this. #cdnpoli #cdnenergy #tarsands
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Increasingly big climate polluters like Canada (mostly Alberta) and US should bear some responsibility for this. #cdnpoli #cdnenergy #tarsands
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Climate change supercharged cyclone damage in parts of Asia, study finds | CBC
Deadly cyclones with torrential rains are supercharged by warming temperatures, says a new report by the World Weather Attribution group. At least 1,600 people were killed after Cyclones Senyar and Di...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The same is true for atmospheric rivers like the one in BC.
Increasingly big climate polluters like Canada (mostly Alberta) and US should bear some responsibility for this. #cdnpoli #cdnenergy #tarsands
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Increasingly big climate polluters like Canada (mostly Alberta) and US should bear some responsibility for this. #cdnpoli #cdnenergy #tarsands
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China continues to get ahead on clean energy while countries like US and Canada continue to reverse climate policy #cdnpoli #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/science...
ANALYSIS | The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action | CBC News
China’s massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the climate fight from one of big pledges and international diplomacy toward a technological revolution in cheaper energy, analysts say.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
China continues to get ahead on clean energy while countries like US and Canada continue to reverse climate policy #cdnpoli #abpoli www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Call me a dreamer, but what if we spent this much on clean energy, public transportation and energy efficiency? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Defence minister says 'we're good' to meet 2% NATO spending target by March | CBC News
Defence Minister David McGuinty assured MPs on Thursday that the federal government is on its way to meeting NATO's old, politically charged spending target of two per cent of GDP — just as the Wester...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Call me a dreamer, but what if we spent this much on clean energy, public transportation and energy efficiency? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Another one bites the dust…
But seriously, Carney has lost all credibility on climate.
#cdnpoli #abpoli
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But seriously, Carney has lost all credibility on climate.
#cdnpoli #abpoli
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2 top climate advisers quit saying Carney government is ignoring its experts | CBC News
Two members of the federal government’s Net-Zero Advisory Body have resigned, saying its work is being ignored by Ottawa as it moves away from previous climate commitments and toward new oil and gas p...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another one bites the dust…
But seriously, Carney has lost all credibility on climate.
#cdnpoli #abpoli
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But seriously, Carney has lost all credibility on climate.
#cdnpoli #abpoli
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What’s it going to be Carney? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Assembly of First Nations calls for withdrawal of Canada-Alberta pipeline deal | CBC News
Assembly of First Nations chiefs are demanding the withdrawal of Canada and Alberta’s recently announced new pipeline deal and expressing full support for First Nations on the British Columbia coast t...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What’s it going to be Carney? #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Alberta and Saskatchewan (in particular their O&G sector and coal-fired power plants) are essentially the reason Canada won’t meet it’s 2030 climate targets. The pipeline will increase tar sands production and push Canada’s climate targets further out of reach. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
What does suspending Alberta’s clean electricity regulations mean for Canada’s climate goals? | CBC News
The federal government suspended the regulations meant to rein in Canada’s worst polluter, but it hasn’t explained how it is going to ensure the country’s climate goals will be met. Carbon pricing, th...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Alberta and Saskatchewan (in particular their O&G sector and coal-fired power plants) are essentially the reason Canada won’t meet it’s 2030 climate targets. The pipeline will increase tar sands production and push Canada’s climate targets further out of reach. #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
When you think about all the work Guilbeault and others put into the clean electricity regs and emissions cap its especially frustrating that Carney can just erase it all overnight to get his little deal with Alberta www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Alberta energy deal was 'the last straw,' says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation | CBC News
In his first interview since resigning from cabinet last week, former culture minister Steven Guilbeault says recent decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government will make it impossible for Ca...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
When you think about all the work Guilbeault and others put into the clean electricity regs and emissions cap its especially frustrating that Carney can just erase it all overnight to get his little deal with Alberta www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
If I ran for office again, would you support me?
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
If I ran for office again, would you support me?
We need proportional representation!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. has tried and failed to change its voting system. Could this time be different? | CBC News
Recommendations from an all-party B.C. committee on democratic reform has reignited a longstanding conversation in the province about the possibility of proportional representation.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We need proportional representation!! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Pushing a pipeline onto BC without Coastal First Nations support is just asking for trouble
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Pushing a pipeline onto BC without Coastal First Nations support is just asking for trouble
Reposted by Calvin Beauchesne
Guilbeault's resignation letter (from post on X):
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Guilbeault's resignation letter (from post on X):
If you are upset with the results of #COP30 don’t forget the first International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels will be held in Colombia in April 2026 www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
UN climate summit sees showdown over deal on fossil fuels | CBC
The UN climate summit was headed for a showdown on Friday over the future of fossil fuels, after host Brazil dropped
efforts to develop a global plan to shift away from oil, gas and coal from its pro...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If you are upset with the results of #COP30 don’t forget the first International Conference for the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels will be held in Colombia in April 2026 www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
BC is not continuing EV rebates and is scrapping the 2035 100% ZEV sales mandates www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. redrawing EV sales mandate, scraps goal of 100% by 2035, leaves rebates to feds | CBC News
British Columbia has abandoned a rebate program for electric vehicles that it paused six months ago and is scrapping a mandate that every new vehicle sold in the province must be zero-emission by 2035...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
BC is not continuing EV rebates and is scrapping the 2035 100% ZEV sales mandates www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Mark Carney is Harper-light. What a disgrace. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney, Smith moving closer to a deal that could include B.C. oil pipeline: source | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are moving closer to reaching a deal on the future of Alberta's energy sector, according to a senior government official, and that memoran...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Mark Carney is Harper-light. What a disgrace. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
There will never be an oil pipeline to BC’s northern coast
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
There will never be an oil pipeline to BC’s northern coast
One of the youth suing the SK government is a 12-year-old from Regina. “I feel like my future is kind of bleak if we don’t take action”, he said.
I hope Scott Moe is proud he’s getting sued by a 12-year-old who wants a liveable future. #skpoli
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I hope Scott Moe is proud he’s getting sued by a 12-year-old who wants a liveable future. #skpoli
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Saskatchewan plans to extend coal power to 2050. Now a judge will decide whether it ends up in court | CBC News
A Saskatoon judge is deciding whether a legal challenge to Saskatchewan’s plan to keep burning coal until 2050 can move forward.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
One of the youth suing the SK government is a 12-year-old from Regina. “I feel like my future is kind of bleak if we don’t take action”, he said.
I hope Scott Moe is proud he’s getting sued by a 12-year-old who wants a liveable future. #skpoli
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I hope Scott Moe is proud he’s getting sued by a 12-year-old who wants a liveable future. #skpoli
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If President Lula wants other countries to take them seriously on climate he should lead by example. You can’t call on the world to phase put fossil fuels while approving new oil projects yourself. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Brazil straddles oil riches, climate threats as COP30 opens in Amazon | CBC
In Oiapoque, Brazil, hopes that oil will transform the economy hangs in air, after the government granted state-owned company Petrobras an exploratory license off the remote Amazonian city's coast. At...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
If President Lula wants other countries to take them seriously on climate he should lead by example. You can’t call on the world to phase put fossil fuels while approving new oil projects yourself. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Canada must contribute to this fund www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Bold new fund to protect tropical forests takes shape at UN climate summit in Brazil | CBC News
A bold new plan to protect tropical forests, which aims to raise $125 billion US and directly pay developing countries to halt deforestation, is taking shape at the COP30 UN climate conference in Braz...
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November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Canada must contribute to this fund www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Carney is scrapping one of Canada’s most effective climate policies www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
ANALYSIS | Carney chooses economy over environment as the oilpatch emissions cap could be dead | CBC News
Four years after unveiling plans for a limit on all oil and natural gas industry emissions in Canada, the federal government is, in all likelihood, scrapping the cap. It’s the latest move by Prime Min...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Carney is scrapping one of Canada’s most effective climate policies www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Dallas Brody doesn’t want to acknowledge we’re on Indigenous territory www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C. MLA's bill to prohibit land acknowledgements in schools fails 1st reading | CBC News
Members of B.C.’s Legislative Assembly have overwhelmingly voted down a proposed act from MLA Dallas Brodie that would prohibit publicly funded employees in schools and other public bodies from making...
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October 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Dallas Brody doesn’t want to acknowledge we’re on Indigenous territory www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...