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Nikki Skuce @nikkiskuce.bsky.social · 15h

Can someone please tell me why no media are asking about the NW pipeline within the context of a climate crisis? Did we all just throw the reality out the window because Trump did? It's infuriating that the line of questioning is back to nationally skewed polling and bullshit economics. Ugh #bcpoli

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 19h

Peace is more than an absence of war!

Welcoming today’s ceasefire in #Gaza, Greenpeace calls for humanitarian organisations to be given unrestricted access to deliver aid in the face of famine and genocide.

Full statement:

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

Alt text:
Destroyed residential buildings in the Jabalia area, northern Gaza Strip, photographed after Israeli forces withdrew in January 2009. Rubble and debris stretch across the landscape where homes once stood, with people seen moving among the ruins.

Photo credit:
Photo by RafahKid / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Date and location:
Jabalia, Gaza Strip — 20 January 2009

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 1d

This is b/c of section 5(1.1) of the Building Canada Act, introduced by the BQ at 3rd reading. I haven’t had time, but an intrepid reporter might want to go through the House Transportation Committee’s report & Hansard for the votes. #cdnpoli #ableg

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Alberta will need B.C. government’s backing to build proposed pipeline: energy minister | CBC News

Canada’s energy minister says Alberta will need to get its neighbouring province on board in order to see its proposed pipeline project to the West Coast come to fruition.

www.cbc.ca

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 1d

It never stops: Climate critics try to discredit IPCC author for linking disasters to global warming
www.eenews.net/articles/cli...

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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 1d

Very important paper by @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social that shows, as I have argued, that tax policy is climate policy. We cannot phaseout #fossilfuels without attacking their wealth.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 1d

Please enjoy this executive at one of America's biggest gas companies openly admitting that expanding supply leads to increased demand for fossil fuels

He is not wrong: frantic expansion of fossil fuel supply worsens climate change. Tax it, cut subsidies, wind it down

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Will Jordan, chief legal and policy officer at EQT, a leading US gas producer, also thought that any glut would be temporary, and said US demand was also rising on the boom in power-hungry artificial intelligence data centres.

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“Supply leads demand — you put the supply on the market and demand gets created.,” he said. “Over the long term we’re very bullish.”

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 2d

I see your KXL, and raise you a National Energy Program.

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 2d

1. Before anyone gets too excited about (another) Keystone XL revival, this looks like an attempt to curry favour with Trump that will go nowhere. The company behind KXL (TC Energy spin-off South Bow) tried to relaunch it earlier this year...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 2d

4. But why is our Elbows-Up Prime Minister trying to embed us further into the U.S. fossil fuel system, which is a big part of the political machine behind Trump-ism?
We should be building a renewable energy economy to get off the toxic politics, economics and ecology associated with Big Oil.

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 2d

3. It doesn't look like there was interest in committing to ship oil on the pipeline, and the open season was cancelled www.qcintel.com/article/big-...

Big Sky crude pipe project open season canceled

www.qcintel.com

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 2d

2. South Bow (created when TC Energy, the erstwhile Transcanada Pipelines, spun off its oil pipeline business) teamed up with Trump's BFF Energy Transfer to launch an open season on the proposed Big Sky Pipeline
eastdaley.com/daley-note/s...

Sky’s the Limit: ET, SOBO Partner on Big Sky to Meet Canadian Growth | East Daley Analytics

Energy Transfer and South Bow have launched an open season for commitments to the new Big Sky Pipeline to handle Canadian crude oil growth.

eastdaley.com

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 2d

1. Before anyone gets too excited about (another) Keystone XL revival, this looks like an attempt to curry favour with Trump that will go nowhere. The company behind KXL (TC Energy spin-off South Bow) tried to relaunch it earlier this year...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 3d

Canada's government is set to introduce a revised border security (and migrant control and infosec) bill in the face of opposition, CBC reports. Curious what criticisms it is taking to heart. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Government to table new border bill amid privacy concerns over C-2: sources | CBC News

The federal Liberals are set to introduce a new bill expected to mirror much of what's in their already tabled border legislation — but with some clauses that sparked concerns from opposition parties ...

www.cbc.ca

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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 4d

If you think ICE raids are impossible here, it may be time to think again…

Bill C-2 is about to import militarized control, racial profiling & mass surveillance right out of Trump’s playbook and into our backyard.

#StopBillC2 #RejectMapleMAGA #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 5d

Russia is in a spiral toward a terminal war economy 'troika' of extractivism, authoritarianism and war - groundbreaking new report sourced by experts from outside Russia defies a Kremlin crackdown on NGOs following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
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#TimeToResist

Report front cover:
'Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin's Threat to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability' - with a picture of smoke rising into the sky of Norilsk, Russia's most polluted city, and graffiti reading 'No Happiness'

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 7d

"While Mark Carney the central banker warned the world of the risk climate change posed to the financial system, Mark Carney the PM can protect our economy & envt by bringing in rules that force banks to take a longer term perspective & shift investment from fossil fuels to clean energy" said me.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 7d

Carney-championed Net-Zero Banking Alliance shuts down after losing most of its members

Prime Minister Mark Carney had convinced Canada’s largest lenders to commit to net-zero emissions in 2021

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 7d

Yet another great primer on industrial carbon pricing from @climateinstitute.bsky.social.

It's Canada's potentially most impactful climate policy, but it's hanging by a thread as provinces have gamed and, increasingly, flaunted the federal carbon pricing benchmark.

Ball's in the feds' court.

Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 7d

Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems are meant to slash emissions and reward low-carbon innovation. But right now, they’re falling short due to poor design.
We took a closer look at what’s holding these systems back. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/five-choices...

Five choices that are breaking industrial carbon pricing

In some provinces, industrial carbon pricing systems are increasingly dysfunctional. Governments must fix them.

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 7d

I'm genuinely flummoxed as to how anyone is talking about a "grand bargain" while the Alberta government and the oil industry is actively opposed to the federal carbon price on industrial emissions.

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ANALYSIS | Is Mark Carney going to get tied up in pipeline politics? | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's preferred framing for the issue of a new pipline creates a challenge and a potential trap for Prime Minister Mark Carney.

www.cbc.ca

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 7d

Alt headline: Pipeline CEO demands federal government dismantle key climate policies.
Note: this story on energy policy omits any discussion of what impact the changes this executive is demanding would have on GHG emissions, doesn't include word 'climate'
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to remove barriers to building energy infrastructure

In speech in Toronto, Greg Ebel said Canadian utilities will continue U.S. expansions if government doesn’t turn words into action

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Patrick Bonin @patbonin.bsky.social · 9d

Je viens de déposer aux Communes une pétition citoyenne pour que Mark Carney adopte enfin une réglementation en finance durable.

Il y a 10 ans, il parlait de la «tragédie des horizons»...
2025, toujours rien!

65 % des Canadiens et 73 % des Québécois exigent un changement.

#polcan #BlocQc

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 8d

Elbows up

Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 8d

Meanwhile, Enbridge’s CEO just called again (during a speech in Toronto) for industrial pricing to end, which is another reminder that the oil and gas industry is not serious about carbon capture, and Carney will need to play hardball if he is.

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UBCIC @ubcic.bsky.social · 9d

"Any proposal to ram a new oil pipeline through to B.C.'s North Coast is a direct assault on the inherent and constitutionally protected title and rights of the First Nations who steward these lands and waters." Grand Chief Stewart Phillip www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_oppose...

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Opposes New Oil Pipeline Proposals to B.C.’s North Coast

Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

www.ubcic.bc.ca

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 8d

I want to explain this a bit b/c it’s important. When the Building Canada Act (then C-5) was introduced, it required the feds to consult w/ the provinces re: PONIs (s 5(7)). But the Act was amended at 3rd reading by the Transportation Committee. Section 5(1.1) was added by the Bloc Québécois. 1/n

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 9d

Reminder that Bill C-5 REQUIRES consent of the province or territory in which the project is to be built. I doubt BC will be onboard with this pipeline proposal.

H/t to @molszyns.bsky.social for this tidbit.

www.parl.ca/DocumentView...

Publication and consent of province or territory
(1.‍1) Before adding the name of a project to Schedule 1, the Governor in Council must cause a notice of 30 days, that includes the name and description of the project, to be published in the Canada Gazette and must consult with the government of the province or territory in which the project will be carried out, and obtain its written consent if the project falls within areas of exclusive provincial or territorial jurisdiction.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 9d

the more i think about this, the more angry i am about it. danielle smith is basically hoping to burn $14 million in exchange for gutting environmental rules, and it’s hard to believe carney won’t let her get away with it.

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 9d

@climatekeith.bsky.social, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace, said Smith is "starting a fight she knows she can't win so she can claim everyone is against Alberta when this economically unsound project doesn’t go ahead.“

BREAKING: Alberta announces it will be the proponent of 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

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