Andy Kroeker
@andykroeker.bsky.social
Partner, Dad, Grandpa. Executive Director West Elgin Community Health Centre @WECHC. Born at 318 ppm CO2.
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The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
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- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal weakens climate policies | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
November 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
The Canada-Alberta deal pushes a pipeline AND
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
- Allows Alberta to delay cutting methane emissions
- Suspends clean energy regulations in Alberta
- Loosens restrictions on tax breaks for clean tech to encourage more oil drilling
- Allows oil tankers on the west coast
thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Vision means looking to the future not holding on to the past. #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis
This is huge. On the same day Canada announces a new tarsands pipeline and a roll back of climate policy UK announces no new oil and gas licences and a fossil fuel phase out plan. Congratulations and thank you to the UK for your leadership. And Canada?! PM Mark Carney, embarrassing. #cdnpoli
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Vision means looking to the future not holding on to the past. #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis
"Pitting of #FirstNations against each other, and against so much of the country, is the most stomach-churning aspect of all this...promises to deliver the “cleanest heavy #oil on the planet,” which is like calling menthol cigarettes the best way to get lung cancer." #ClimateCrisis #NoNewPipelines
Yup, I think @arnokopecky.bsky.social pretty much captures it here:
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/a...
Read it and weep: This pipeline agreement is a document of betrayal
How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Pitting of #FirstNations against each other, and against so much of the country, is the most stomach-churning aspect of all this...promises to deliver the “cleanest heavy #oil on the planet,” which is like calling menthol cigarettes the best way to get lung cancer." #ClimateCrisis #NoNewPipelines
Reposted by Andy Kroeker
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
📣 Today Shift joined 40 other national organizations to stand in solidarity with Coastal First Nations who oppose a crude oil pipeline and tankers project on the north coast of British Columbia.
Read the letter here: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/26/4...
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
Read the letter here: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/26/4...
#cdnpoli #bcpoli
41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers - Environmental Defence
CALGARY CLIMATE HUB, CANADA'S CLEAN50, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ASSOCIATION, CANADIAN VOICE OF
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November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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 1:44 AM
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
A climate deal without explicit language calling for a fossil fuel phaseout is like a ceasefire without explicit language calling for a suspension of hostilities.
#COP30
#COP30
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
"The dream of #CarbonCapture and storage could actually be a mirage, distracting from innovative thinking around #ClimateChange that reduces dependency on #FossilFuels." "All it “captures” are subsidies for the oil and gas industry." #OnPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis
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Ontario’s carbon storage law, explained | The Narwhal
Bill 27 could allow for large-scale geologic carbon storage in Ontario to reduce the emissions from industrial processes like power generation and steel production, but critics say it’s not a silver b...
thenarwhal.ca
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"The dream of #CarbonCapture and storage could actually be a mirage, distracting from innovative thinking around #ClimateChange that reduces dependency on #FossilFuels." "All it “captures” are subsidies for the oil and gas industry." #OnPoli #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis
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We need "to immediately introduce and pass legislation affirming the right of #FirstNations to clean drinking water." #CdnPoli #ReconciliAction
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‘Unacceptable’: Alberta wants to treat and release oilsands waste | The Narwhal
Alberta is working on plans to treat and release oilsands wastewater into the Athabasca River. First Nations downstream don’t want that to happen
thenarwhal.ca
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We need "to immediately introduce and pass legislation affirming the right of #FirstNations to clean drinking water." #CdnPoli #ReconciliAction
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"At the end of September the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (#CPPIB)...eight largest stock holdings were all AI stocks. At $33 billion of combined value, these holdings amount to a quarter of the value of the entire pension fund." #CdnPoli #Pension
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The AI bubble may be about to burst. Mark Carney must not bail out its Tech Barons ⋆ The Breach
While billionaires bet against the hyped up multi-trillion-dollar AI market, Canada’s government is doubling down
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November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"At the end of September the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (#CPPIB)...eight largest stock holdings were all AI stocks. At $33 billion of combined value, these holdings amount to a quarter of the value of the entire pension fund." #CdnPoli #Pension
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"A strategy of endless concessions, even if grounded in a broader scheme to salvage while we diversify, may not cut it. ... At the very least, you need to stop handing over your lunch money every time he asks while apologizing that you didn’t have more on you." #CdnPoli
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Carney Promised Defiance. All We’re Getting Is Deference | The Walrus
How far are we willing to go to preserve our relationship with the US?
thewalrus.ca
November 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"A strategy of endless concessions, even if grounded in a broader scheme to salvage while we diversify, may not cut it. ... At the very least, you need to stop handing over your lunch money every time he asks while apologizing that you didn’t have more on you." #CdnPoli
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Coastal First Nations say the federal government hasn't been talking to them about Alberta's pipeline proposal, despite multiple requests for nation-to-nation meetings
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
"We are tired of learning about these discussions regarding our traditional territories in the press," reads a press release
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Fossil of the Day is awarded daily during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.” #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis
📢 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:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
Read our press release:
shorturl.at/hSGvm
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 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Fossil of the Day is awarded daily during COPs to the countries “who are the best at being the worst and doing the most to do the least.” #CdnPoli #ClimateCrisis
"As evidence mounts these currents could be on course for collapse, Iceland’s government has made the unusual move of designating the risk a national security threat, prompting a a high-level response into how to prepare for this “existential threat.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/c... #ClimateCrisis
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/c... #ClimateCrisis
A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat | CNN
Without warm currents from the South Atlantic, Iceland would be much icier and stormier. Now, those currents are at risk of collapse and the country is preparing for this “existential threat.”
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"As evidence mounts these currents could be on course for collapse, Iceland’s government has made the unusual move of designating the risk a national security threat, prompting a a high-level response into how to prepare for this “existential threat.”
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/c... #ClimateCrisis
www.cnn.com/2025/11/15/c... #ClimateCrisis
Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
"It’s not about efficiency; it’s about removing power from the communities and imposing control from above." #Rural Ontario about to lose another voice. ‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: #conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons... #OnPoli
Inside Ontario’s plan to merge 36 conservation authorities to 7 | The Narwhal
Doug Ford’s government is seeking public feedback on its plan to overhaul Ontario’s conservation authorities, reducing local agencies from 36 to 7
thenarwhal.ca
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"It’s not about efficiency; it’s about removing power from the communities and imposing control from above." #Rural Ontario about to lose another voice. ‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: #conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-cons... #OnPoli
"Canada is the only member of the G7 whose GHG emissions have increased since 1990." How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #CdnPoli #NoNewPipelines #ClimateCrisis
How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit | The Tyee
We used to pledge lower emissions. Now we push for higher oil production.
thetyee.ca
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Canada is the only member of the G7 whose GHG emissions have increased since 1990." How Canada Thumbs Its Nose at the Global Climate Summit via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #CdnPoli #NoNewPipelines #ClimateCrisis
Reposted by Andy Kroeker
Last Week at Queen's Park: Ford’s Fall Economic Statement Fails on Affordability and Cancels Climate Action open.substack.com/pub/mikeschr...
Ford’s Fall Economic Statement Fails on Affordability and Cancels Climate Action
It's a budget for the wealthy and well connected, not everyday people
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Last Week at Queen's Park: Ford’s Fall Economic Statement Fails on Affordability and Cancels Climate Action open.substack.com/pub/mikeschr...
'Estimates for how much it would cost to close and clean up all of Alberta’s oil and gas sites is approximately $38 billion, not including the oilsands....could exceed $130 billion.' ‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
Rural Albertans face growing problems with oil and gas wells | The Narwhal
The Alberta government is pushing a new plan to deal with years of regulatory failure. Alberta landowners aren’t convinced
thenarwhal.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
'Estimates for how much it would cost to close and clean up all of Alberta’s oil and gas sites is approximately $38 billion, not including the oilsands....could exceed $130 billion.' ‘By the wayside’: rural Albertans are angry at companies not paying their bills: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-land...
“The government is admitting they just don’t care about #Climate and they have no damn plan,” Ontario Greens Leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social told @thenarwhal.ca “We knew all along they didn’t have a plan, and emissions are going up." #ClimateCrisis #OnPoli
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Doug Ford’s government is abandoning climate targets | The Narwhal
Ontario is moving to repeal aspects of a law that require the government to create a climate plan and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
thenarwhal.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“The government is admitting they just don’t care about #Climate and they have no damn plan,” Ontario Greens Leader @mikeschreiner.bsky.social told @thenarwhal.ca “We knew all along they didn’t have a plan, and emissions are going up." #ClimateCrisis #OnPoli
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These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget: thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge... #ClimateCrisis #BigOil #CdnPoli
How Carney’s first budget impacts the environment | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget scales back many Trudeau-era environmental programs and creates a youth climate corps
thenarwhal.ca
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget: thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge... #ClimateCrisis #BigOil #CdnPoli
"I think the big winners were the #FossilFuel lobby, the weapons manufacturers, and to a large degree, the corporate elite—broadly speaking—in this country."
#ClimateCrisis #Values #CdnPoli
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#ClimateCrisis #Values #CdnPoli
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A budget for tanks, banks, and oil barons ⋆ The Breach
Martin Lukacs and Desmond Cole discuss the Liberal government’s Harper-esque budget
breachmedia.ca
November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"I think the big winners were the #FossilFuel lobby, the weapons manufacturers, and to a large degree, the corporate elite—broadly speaking—in this country."
#ClimateCrisis #Values #CdnPoli
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#ClimateCrisis #Values #CdnPoli
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Reposted by Andy Kroeker
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.