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Policy expert & Clean50 Award recipient with 30+ years advancing environmental solutions and building environmental leadership. GreenPAC founder, author, and former Sr. Advisor to Ontario Premier. Policy. Politics. Planet 🌎

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 5d

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Aaron Freeman

Policy. Politics. Planet. Strategic insight on Canada’s evolving environmental landscape. For advocates, insiders and anyone who cares where Canada's public policy is headed.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 16h

A more reliable, Made-in-Canada solution to cleaning up Marineland's mess: This Newfoundland town wants to give Marineland's belugas a new home www.msn.com/en-ca/news/c...

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The mayor of a rural Newfoundland community is offering a home to 30 beluga whales owned by Marineland Canada.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 21h

Geothermal Energy Poised for Transformation www.woodmac.com/press-releas...

Geothermal Energy Poised for Transformation

The global leader in commercial intelligence for the energy, metals and mining industries, providing objective analysis and advice on assets, companies and markets.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 1d

A strange start for “climate competitiveness” www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/07/o...

A strange start for “climate competitiveness”

The federal government’s full-throated endorsement of LNG Canada Phase 2 is bad news for anyone who cares about Canada’s carbon emissions — or Canadians’ tax dollars.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 1d

A template for a national youth climate corps www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/03/n...

A template for a national youth climate corps

As youth unemployment soars and climate anxiety deepens, a youth training and employment program focused on climate resiliency offers hope.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 2d

See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

See How E.V. Road Trips Went From Impossible to Easy

There are a lot more fast chargers than there used to be. Look up what that could mean for a route near you.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 2d

The Fastest-Selling Cars in America Are Used EVs www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 3d

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

Decoupled: how Spain cut the link between gas and power prices using renewables | Ember

Spain has some of the lowest wholesale electricity prices in Europe, largely owing to the country’s strong solar and wind growth which reduced the influence of expensive coal and gas power on the…

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 3d

Conservatives propose law-free zones where Indigenous rights and environmental protections can be ignored: Ontario’s draft rules for special economic zones limit oversight | The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca/ontario-bill...

Ontario’s draft rules for special economic zones limit oversight | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government’s draft regulations for special economic zones under Bill 5 empower ministers and dismiss First Nations’ request for oversight

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 4d

Danielle Smith won’t say how much Alberta will pay to build new pipeline www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

Danielle Smith won’t say how much Alberta will pay to build new pipeline

While Danielle Smith says her province plans to lead an effort to build a new oil pipeline, she won’t say the maximum amount of taxpayer funding she is willing to commit to the project.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 4d

Wildlife populations have declined 10% over the past 50 years: WWF's Living Planet Report Canada 2025 - WWF.CA wwf.ca/lprc2025/

World Wildlife Fund Canada | WWF.ca

WWF-Canada is a science-based conservation organization working to conserve species at risk, protect threatened habitats and address climate change.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 5d

‘Alberta is disincentivizing renewables’: report | The Narwhal thenarwhal.ca/restructured...

‘Alberta is disincentivizing renewables’: report | The Narwhal

Confidence in Alberta’s energy market has been undermined by the ‘sheer volume and pace of regulatory and policy changes,’ major financial backers say

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 5d

Aaron Freeman

Policy. Politics. Planet. Strategic insight on Canada’s evolving environmental landscape. For advocates, insiders and anyone who cares where Canada's public policy is headed.

aaronfreeman.ca

Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 5d

Funny thing happens when you build gas plants just after cancelling renewable energy contracts (and then try to build renewables again when you realize you needed them after all) Ontario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario will miss 2030 emission reduction goal by even wider gap than it admits: auditor | CBC News

Ontario's environment ministry says it will miss its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, but the auditor general says province will in fact likely miss that target by an even wider margin.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 6d

Canada’s first large-scale EV battery plant gets occupancy permit, mass production targeted by year-end www.ctvnews.ca/windsor/arti...

Canada’s first large-scale EV battery plant gets occupancy permit, mass production targeted by year-end

NextStar Energy is marking the official end of construction of its $5-billion electric vehicle battery manufacturing plant in Windsor.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 6d

The Truth About Electric Vehicles and the Grid: Strengthening—Not Straining—Our Energy Future www.nrdc.org/bio/beth-ham...

The Truth About Electric Vehicles and the Grid: Strengthening—Not Straining—Our Energy Future

EVs enhance stability, flexibility, and long-term resilience of the power grid.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 7d

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them? theconversation.com/pr-firms-are...

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 7d

The world's first carbon border tax will soon go live — shaking up global trade www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/c...

The world's first carbon border tax will soon go live — shaking up global trade

The European Union is poised to fully implement its carbon border tax from Jan. 1.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 8d

Allowing more tailpipe pollution means higher fuel costs for Americans www.theverge.com/news/789136/...

Allowing more tailpipe pollution means higher fuel costs for Americans

The costs of Donald Trump’s climate sabotage

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 8d

Canada places 200% tariff on little Canadian flags Americans wear while travelling www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/cana...

Canada places 200% tariff on little Canadian flags Americans wear while travelling

OTTAWA – As US President Trump’s unilaterally-launched trade war continues, Canadians have struck back with counter-tariffs on a valued American item: the little Canadian flag patches Americans put…

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 9d

From the head of the federal Liberal Climate Caucus: "Energy efficiency in housing is not just climate policy—it’s smart economic policy that delivers affordability, jobs, and growth while cutting pollution." www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Energy efficiency: unlocking Canada’s superpower potential

Energy efficiency is the ‘first fuel’ we must rely on to build a more prosperous, resilient, and competitive Canada.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 11d

Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

Oceans have crossed 'safe' acidic threshold, scientists warn | CBC News

The latest Planetary Health Check report says ocean acidification has reached risky territory. Experts say it will reduce our oceans’ ability to absorb the carbon we emit and also weaken the shellfish...

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 14d

Canada could soon add a key link in the domestic EV supply chain www.corporateknights.com/clean-techno...

Canada could soon add a key link in the domestic EV supply chain

A proposed low-emissions mine near Timmins, Ontario represents one of the largest opportunities for new nickel production in the world

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 15d

Canada's mayors, councillors want fast-tracking of projects that… nationalnewswatch.com/2025/09/24/c...

Canada's mayors, councillors want fast-tracking of projects that…

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 15d

Lack of planning, oversight led to Ontario home care supply shortages: ombudsman | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1144875...

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Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News

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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 16d

Are provincial parks the next target for Doug Ford's developer friends? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/24/o...

Are provincial parks the next target for Doug Ford's developer friends?

The Ford government has introduced changes to the Ontario laws that protect provincial parks, but refuses to disclose what the changes will be.