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Carney Banks On Big Oil
Canada's Climate Capitulation
www.podcastics.com
Are we really MOVING BACKWARDS on #ClimateChange in Canada in spite of the hottest years on record & the worst #WILDFIRES and #SMOKE we've ever seen? We dig in with #CAPE & the Hub's own Dr Joe Vipond & #CANRAC 's Caroline Brouillette
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
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SPOILER: "WILL" hurt the environment. There's no doubt about it. #EndFossilFuels #HandsOffVenezuela #EndChevron
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment
Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a cou...
apnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
SPOILER: "WILL" hurt the environment. There's no doubt about it. #EndFossilFuels #HandsOffVenezuela #EndChevron
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
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This heatwave has marked a historic turning point in the Australian energy grid - we used to have blackouts as everyone turned their AC's on, with pundits telling us that 'renewables aren't the answer'. No blackouts this time, and silence from the nay-sayers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
www.abc.net.au
January 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This heatwave has marked a historic turning point in the Australian energy grid - we used to have blackouts as everyone turned their AC's on, with pundits telling us that 'renewables aren't the answer'. No blackouts this time, and silence from the nay-sayers.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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On the crime against humanity of sabotaging globally coordinated climate action:
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
A billion lives in the balance: How we prepare for unbearable heat will shape the century
More than 1 billion people live in areas where extreme heat and humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
On the crime against humanity of sabotaging globally coordinated climate action:
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
More than 1 billion people live in areas where the heat and the humidity will surpass the survivability limit by the end of this century.
healthjournalism.org/blog/2025/12...
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#MarkCarney #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #BigOil #MOU #ClimateSky #CanadaSky #abpoli #EnergyTransition #ClimateAbundance #yyc #ElectroState #PetroState #ElectrifyEverything #Electrification #Solar #Wildfires #Smoke #CostOfClimate #ClimateInaction #CarbonCapture #LNG #FossilGas #MajorProjects #Pipelines
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"Big picture we are slowly dismantling our climate policy architecture & it's very much influenced by PM #MarkCarney 's belief in market-based solutions, that the industrial side of the carbon price will be able to pick up the slack across the economy those other policies were supposed to deliver."
Are we really MOVING BACKWARDS on #ClimateChange in Canada in spite of the hottest years on record & the worst #WILDFIRES and #SMOKE we've ever seen? We dig in with #CAPE & the Hub's own Dr Joe Vipond & #CANRAC 's Caroline Brouillette
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
PODCAST www.podcastics.com/episode/3955... #MarkCarney #cdnpoli
Carney Banks On Big Oil
Canada's Climate Capitulation
www.podcastics.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:31 PM
"Big picture we are slowly dismantling our climate policy architecture & it's very much influenced by PM #MarkCarney 's belief in market-based solutions, that the industrial side of the carbon price will be able to pick up the slack across the economy those other policies were supposed to deliver."
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🚧 Construction update
▪️ Crews continued to make steady progress today at the impacted site along 16 Avenue N.W.
▪️ Backfilling of the area around the pipe continued.
▪️ Crews have begun repairing the impacted roadway along 16 Ave. N.W.
▪️ Crews continued to make steady progress today at the impacted site along 16 Avenue N.W.
▪️ Backfilling of the area around the pipe continued.
▪️ Crews have begun repairing the impacted roadway along 16 Ave. N.W.
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
🚧 Construction update
▪️ Crews continued to make steady progress today at the impacted site along 16 Avenue N.W.
▪️ Backfilling of the area around the pipe continued.
▪️ Crews have begun repairing the impacted roadway along 16 Ave. N.W.
▪️ Crews continued to make steady progress today at the impacted site along 16 Avenue N.W.
▪️ Backfilling of the area around the pipe continued.
▪️ Crews have begun repairing the impacted roadway along 16 Ave. N.W.
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We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system, limiting our ability to produce treated water, refill underground reservoirs overnight and move water to everyone. We continue to ask Calgarians & businesses to take action to reduce their water consumption.
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
We are still experiencing a strain on our distribution system, limiting our ability to produce treated water, refill underground reservoirs overnight and move water to everyone. We continue to ask Calgarians & businesses to take action to reduce their water consumption.
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Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jan. 9, 8:30 a.m. update.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
Here is the latest update on the critical water main break along 16 Ave. N.W:
🚨 On Jan. 8, our water use was 508 ML which is 23 ML above the sustainable level of 485 ML.
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Cities across North America have been delivering reliable water service through water utilities, authorities and commissions, and we need a better governance model here at home.
calgaryherald.com/news/this-is...
calgaryherald.com/news/this-is...
'This is a staggering failure': Council members react to scathing independent feeder main report
Some Calgary city council members were very critical of past decisions after the release of a report into the 2024 Calgary water main break.
calgaryherald.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Cities across North America have been delivering reliable water service through water utilities, authorities and commissions, and we need a better governance model here at home.
calgaryherald.com/news/this-is...
calgaryherald.com/news/this-is...
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We need your help to save water.
Learn more and get tips at calgary.ca/watermainbreak.
Learn more and get tips at calgary.ca/watermainbreak.
Bearspaw water main break
calgary.ca
January 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
We need your help to save water.
Learn more and get tips at calgary.ca/watermainbreak.
Learn more and get tips at calgary.ca/watermainbreak.
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Our rivers change with the seasons and right now levels are especially low on the Elbow River.
The Glenmore Water Treatment Plant relies on the Elbow River and Glenmore Reservoir to keep Calgary’s water flowing, so conserving water now helps protect Calgary’s supply all winter long.
The Glenmore Water Treatment Plant relies on the Elbow River and Glenmore Reservoir to keep Calgary’s water flowing, so conserving water now helps protect Calgary’s supply all winter long.
January 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Our rivers change with the seasons and right now levels are especially low on the Elbow River.
The Glenmore Water Treatment Plant relies on the Elbow River and Glenmore Reservoir to keep Calgary’s water flowing, so conserving water now helps protect Calgary’s supply all winter long.
The Glenmore Water Treatment Plant relies on the Elbow River and Glenmore Reservoir to keep Calgary’s water flowing, so conserving water now helps protect Calgary’s supply all winter long.
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#Chevron ’s stock soared by 10 percent after Trump's illegal invasion / #WarCrime. Every #OilWar story is a #ClimateChange story. #Venezuela www.democracynow.org/2026/1/6/ven...
Chevron Stocks Surge After Trump Vows to “Take Back” Venezuela’s Oil After U.S. Attack
The share prices of U.S. oil companies surged following the Trump administration’s attack on Venezuela and abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro. In public statements, Trump has been clear about ...
www.democracynow.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 PM
#Chevron ’s stock soared by 10 percent after Trump's illegal invasion / #WarCrime. Every #OilWar story is a #ClimateChange story. #Venezuela www.democracynow.org/2026/1/6/ven...
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45. Specifically, we've decoupled economic growth from fossil energy consumption. Coal demand has collapsed. Oil use is flat. Natural gas use is growing but < GDP, even as standards of living have gone up. That's happened because of higher efficiency and decarbonization.
December 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
45. Specifically, we've decoupled economic growth from fossil energy consumption. Coal demand has collapsed. Oil use is flat. Natural gas use is growing but < GDP, even as standards of living have gone up. That's happened because of higher efficiency and decarbonization.
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44. I've spent my entire adult career in the energy industry. As a consultant, as a manufacturer, as a power plant developer/owner/operator and now as a legislator. There is something really optimistic about the moment we're in that pundits like Yglesias said was impossible 20 yrs ago.
December 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
44. I've spent my entire adult career in the energy industry. As a consultant, as a manufacturer, as a power plant developer/owner/operator and now as a legislator. There is something really optimistic about the moment we're in that pundits like Yglesias said was impossible 20 yrs ago.
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42. Point is, markets and existing regulatory structures also know that no source is available 24/7/365 and manage the grid accordingly. They don't learn anything from Yglesias insight about nighttime and you didn't either.
December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
42. Point is, markets and existing regulatory structures also know that no source is available 24/7/365 and manage the grid accordingly. They don't learn anything from Yglesias insight about nighttime and you didn't either.
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40. So yes, we have a grid with lots of stuff. The most reliable backup in that PJM analysis was nuclear and load sited demand reduction. Diesel gen sets. Pumped hydro. Battery storage is a big deal and a bigger one as costs fall and longer durations are available. Gas peakers too.
December 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
40. So yes, we have a grid with lots of stuff. The most reliable backup in that PJM analysis was nuclear and load sited demand reduction. Diesel gen sets. Pumped hydro. Battery storage is a big deal and a bigger one as costs fall and longer durations are available. Gas peakers too.
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#CarbonCapture #cdnpoli #ClimateChange #MarkCarney #ClimateSky environmentaldefence.ca/2024/05/01/s...
Statement in Response to Another Failed Carbon Capture Project - Environmental Defence
Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today
environmentaldefence.ca
January 6, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Bike lanes and sidewalk extensions speed emergency vehicle response times because there are no cars there. That’s the key.
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Bike lanes and sidewalk extensions speed emergency vehicle response times because there are no cars there. That’s the key.
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Sometimes the most transformative solutions come from looking at old ideas with fresh eyes.
Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating.
www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...
Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating.
www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...
January 9, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Sometimes the most transformative solutions come from looking at old ideas with fresh eyes.
Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating.
www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...
Bricks, sand & stone could play a key role as thermal energy storage — cheap, scalable, and perfect for storing excess wind & solar as heat for industry and district heating.
www.euractiv.com/news/bricks-...
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And if anybody ever says I’m not into politics, remind them that politics is into them
January 8, 2026 at 4:24 PM
And if anybody ever says I’m not into politics, remind them that politics is into them
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Innovation yields another choice between economic cost and cost to life as waste.
Scientists develop new ‘safer, cheaper’ battery that may replace lithium cells
Scientists develop new ‘safer, cheaper’ battery that may replace lithium cells
Scientists develop new ‘safer, cheaper’ battery that may replace lithium cells
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Innovation yields another choice between economic cost and cost to life as waste.
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Big pattern shift coming! From heatwave Friday-Saturday with records broken, to cold shots, and maybe East Coast Snow by the end of next week, next weekend!
January 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Big pattern shift coming! From heatwave Friday-Saturday with records broken, to cold shots, and maybe East Coast Snow by the end of next week, next weekend!
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🗣️ "The decision to defund and withdraw from the UNFCCC does not absolve the US of its legal obligations to prevent climate change and remedy climate harm, as the world’s highest court made clear last year," said CIEL's Rebecca Brown via @euronews.com
The full story 👇
bit.ly/4pxRRld
The full story 👇
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Critics decry Trump pulling US out of UN climate treaty as 'a new low'
Experts say withdrawing from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a "strategic blunder" for the US.
www.euronews.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🗣️ "The decision to defund and withdraw from the UNFCCC does not absolve the US of its legal obligations to prevent climate change and remedy climate harm, as the world’s highest court made clear last year," said CIEL's Rebecca Brown via @euronews.com
The full story 👇
bit.ly/4pxRRld
The full story 👇
bit.ly/4pxRRld
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@mdruker.app your old post inspired this, thanks! If you are eating hothouse tomatoes, you are eating natural gas. If you are eating imported tomatoes, you are dining on diesel.
Tomatoes are an object lesson in why we should eat local AND seasonal
Hothouse tomatoes have a big environmental footprint.
lloydalter.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
@mdruker.app your old post inspired this, thanks! If you are eating hothouse tomatoes, you are eating natural gas. If you are eating imported tomatoes, you are dining on diesel.