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Timothy Gray
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Happiest when outside, political junkie and lifelong environmental policy analyst and advocate. Executive Director of Environmental Defence. Views posted are my own.
When the oil industry has no plans to invest Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o... #cdnpoli
Alberta’s pipeline math still doesn’t add up
The biggest obstacle standing between Alberta and its premier's repeated pledge to double oil production isn't the tanker ban, the emissions cap, or any other piece of federal legislation. It's realit...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
By removing these 106 species from the official list under its new Species Conservation Act, the province is withdrawing recognition of their imperiled status within Ontario, writes Justina C. Ray www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/18/o... #cdnpoli
The high cost of turning a blind eye to species at risk
By removing these 106 species from the official list under its new Species Conservation Act, the province is withdrawing recognition of their imperiled status within Ontario.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just a reminder what happens when @Fordnation shuns cheap renewables and doubles down on U.S. gas and U.S./Japan nuclear: Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices www.thestar.com/news/ontario... via @torontostar #ONpoli #
Ontario nearly doubles household electricity rebates to cover surging hydro prices
While the net result on residential hydro bills is minimal, the increase in the rebate will cost taxpayers an estimated $2 billion more per year.
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
More wreckage: ‘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 6:32 PM
Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake /via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #CDNpoli #grifters
Opinion: Ottawa is scrapping Canada’s greenwashing rules. This is a mistake
Canada should not back away from holding firms to account for what they say about the environment
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis theconversation.com/the-lost-his... #FreeAmerica
The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis
A common US-centric narrative holds that the Cuban missile crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.
theconversation.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Toronto Board of Trade is now an oil and car lobby group: Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list breachmedia.ca/ontarios-pla... #TOpoli #onpoli
Ontario’s plan to ban bike lanes is ripped from the business lobby’s wish list ⋆ The Breach
Buried in a new omnibus bill, the latest salvo in Doug Ford’s war on bikes is more than a vendetta—it’s a gift to corporate lobbyists
breachmedia.ca
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Even as we rail in outrage at Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian government has imposed our own punishingly high tariffs on Chinese vehicles — high enough to ensure they are kept out of Canada and the US and the global trends kept out of sight. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/27/o...
Cheaper, cleaner — and not available here
Even as we rail in outrage at Donald Trump’s tariffs, the Canadian government has imposed our own punishingly high tariffs on Chinese vehicles — high enough to ensure they are kept out of Canada and t...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Landmark new Report shows Canadian lobbyists represent major polluters alongside environmental groups www.byteseu.com/1488733/ #cdnpoli #ClimateAction
Landmark New Report Shows Canadian Lobbyists Represent Major Polluters Alongside Environmental Groups - Bytes Europe
Major Canadian environmental organizations, as well as an assortment of civil society organizations with considerable stakes in the fight against climate
www.byteseu.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Reposted by Timothy Gray
💥 BREAKING: 4 young Canadians just launched a legal challenge to protect the Canada Pension Plan.
They argue Canada’s $700bn pension fund is failing to manage #climaterisk while investing billions in #fossilfuels – putting our pension savings & the planet in danger. #cdnpoli
Legal Challenge to Protect CPP from Climate Risk — Shift - Protect Your Pension and the Planet
www.shiftaction.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In the jargon of climate scientists, the sinks are failing. Or, in lay terms, nature is sick from cleaning up our crap. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/10/20/o... #cdnpoli #climatecrisis
A great unravelling: carbon soars, nature falters
Last year, the global concentration of carbon dioxide jumped by 3.5 parts per million (ppm) and reached 424 ppm, the biggest jump since modern measurements began in the 1950s. The WMO says the blanket...
www.nationalobserver.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ontario is heading down a dangerous road with special economic zones: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-spec... #ONPOLI
The dangerous path of Ontario’s special economic zones | The Narwhal
The Doug Ford government is pushing ahead with rules under Bill 5 to allow special economic zones, despite global examples of harm to land and people
thenarwhal.ca
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Good question: Is Mark Carney retreating from Canada's climate change fight? www.thestar.com/business/is-... via @torontostar #Cdnpoli #ClimateCrisis
David Olive: Is Mark Carney retreating from Canada’s climate change fight?
In an astonishing reversal, Canada is poised to make big, long-term investments in projects that contribute to climate change rather than fight it, David Olive writes.
www.thestar.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Some good news: Solar energy Is now the world’s cheapest source of power | Technology Networks www.technologynetworks.com/applied-scie... #energy #cdnpoli
Solar Energy Is Now the World’s Cheapest Source Of Power
Solar energy is now so cost-effective that, in the sunniest countries, it costs as little as £0.02 to produce one unit of power, making it cheaper than electricity generated from coal, gas or wind.
www.technologynetworks.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
More data on how the oil and gas industry funds culture wars to keep your eyes off the climate crisis: Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement heated.world/p/fossil-fue... #cdnpoli #grifters
Fossil fuel billionaires are bankrolling the anti-trans movement
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos and HEATED finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
heated.world
October 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Doug Ford’s ‘common-sense conservation’ is a fast track to extinction, experts warn: ricochet.media/climate/doug... #onpoli #species
Doug Ford’s 'common-sense conservation' is a fast track to extinction, experts warn
With Bill 5, the Ontario government has gutted protections for endangered species and wetlands, dismantling decades of work to pave the way for a ‘wild west’ of unchecked development
ricochet.media
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Chummy corporate socialism": Ontario’s botched Blue Box reform is a showcase for everything wrong with Doug Ford’s Ontario www.thestar.com/opinion/edit... via @torontostar #ONpoli #Plasticpollution
Star Editorial Board: Ontario’s botched Blue Box reform is a showcase for everything wrong with Doug Ford’s Ontario
Ontario's revamped curbside recycling regime has been so watered down it can no longer reasonably be expected to achieve the policy goals for which it was originally designed.
www.thestar.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Want less garbage on your street and along the highways? Then stop the destruction of the booze deposit-return program and fix Ontario’s Blue Box rules. environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/25/o... #onpoli #plastic
Ontario’s watered-down Blue Box rules won't stop drink container litter, pollution - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, WASTE WATCH OTTAWA, ZERO WASTE 4 ZERO BURNING, ONTARIO ZERO WASTE COALITION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE
environmentaldefence.ca
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Because the colour is coming and I love these old pictures from my cousin who travelled around Canada in the 60s and 70s with her camera capturing its beauty. Good go Muriel Dawson. #fall
September 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM