Keith Stewart
@climatekeith.bsky.social
Greenpeace Canada climate campaigner capable of boring you about energy transitions, climate solutions and the history of oil industry perfidy. Part-time prof at U of Toronto. Sci-fi aficionada.
Heading to Ottawa for Pipeline-palooza MOU announcement tomorrow. The first time I did this trek to fight a pipeline through northern BC was in 2011. I'd really prefer to not have to do this all over again. Here's why: www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
Why over 40 organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers project - Greenpeace Canada
It is not in the national interest to pursue a project that pits province against province, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, and puts local economies and north Pacific coastal and marine ecosyst...
www.greenpeace.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Heading to Ottawa for Pipeline-palooza MOU announcement tomorrow. The first time I did this trek to fight a pipeline through northern BC was in 2011. I'd really prefer to not have to do this all over again. Here's why: www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
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Slett says her group has faced a "wall of silence" from the federal government on a possible pipeline deal with Alberta.
Coastal Nations in B.C. vow to fight pipeline to the coast
A dozens coastal First Nations in British Columbia are vowing to fight any development of a pipeline from Alberta to the coast.
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Slett says her group has faced a "wall of silence" from the federal government on a possible pipeline deal with Alberta.
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Alberta’s emissions performance credits, which can be used to comply with the industrial carbon pricing system, are now trading at just C$17 per tonne.
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Alberta’s emissions performance credits, which can be used to comply with the industrial carbon pricing system, are now trading at just C$17 per tonne.
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
The frozen $95 per tonne headline price is largely irrelevant.
(Data from ICE/NGX as of 11/25)
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For those trying to keep up with what's what in this latest MOU between the Feds and Alberta, I've got you covered:
We're still light on the details, as the announcement will be formally made tomorrow. But gleaning from news reports, this is the deal:
We're still light on the details, as the announcement will be formally made tomorrow. But gleaning from news reports, this is the deal:
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For those trying to keep up with what's what in this latest MOU between the Feds and Alberta, I've got you covered:
We're still light on the details, as the announcement will be formally made tomorrow. But gleaning from news reports, this is the deal:
We're still light on the details, as the announcement will be formally made tomorrow. But gleaning from news reports, this is the deal:
Why the proposed northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers project is opposed by over 40 organizations working to secure a safe climate system, protect marine and freshwater and uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty.
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
Why over 40 organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers project - Greenpeace Canada
It is not in the national interest to pursue a project that pits province against province, runs roughshod over Indigenous rights, and puts local economies and north Pacific coastal and marine ecosyst...
www.greenpeace.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Why the proposed northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers project is opposed by over 40 organizations working to secure a safe climate system, protect marine and freshwater and uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty.
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...
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BC Liberal MP Will Greaves said the feedback he's getting from constituents "is almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to tidewater through the central interior of BC." @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
BC Liberal MPs face pressure from voters over pipeline, tanker ban
Liberal MP for Victoria Will Greaves said the feedback he's getting from constituents "is almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to t...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
BC Liberal MP Will Greaves said the feedback he's getting from constituents "is almost universally opposed to lifting the tanker ban and is deeply skeptical of building another pipeline to tidewater through the central interior of BC." @nationalobserver.com www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/26/n...
Is this an "AI get out of jail free" card? There's an article in Le Devoir on how an unannounced clause in the budget implementation bill allows a Minister to exempt any person/company/province from any law (other than Criminal Code) if Minister deems it is in public interest & supports innovation
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Is this an "AI get out of jail free" card? There's an article in Le Devoir on how an unannounced clause in the budget implementation bill allows a Minister to exempt any person/company/province from any law (other than Criminal Code) if Minister deems it is in public interest & supports innovation
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It’s an interesting approach to provide clarity on a tanker ban while failing to meet with the Coastal First Nations despite repeated requests - the community that would be directly affected by any spill - while having dozens or more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists, AB, Sask.
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban nationalnewswatch.com/2025/11/25/h...
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
nationalnewswatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It’s an interesting approach to provide clarity on a tanker ban while failing to meet with the Coastal First Nations despite repeated requests - the community that would be directly affected by any spill - while having dozens or more meetings with fossil fuel lobbyists, AB, Sask.
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"This is an historic betrayal of Canada's climate commitments and the rights of Coastal First Nations to protect their land and waters from oil spills." - @climatekeith.bsky.social
Tell Carney: fast track climate solutions NOT pipelines 🙅
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Tell Carney: fast track climate solutions NOT pipelines 🙅
act.gp/4of2Kru
Fast-track climate solutions, not fossil fuels
Add your name to tell Carney that Canada’s “nation-building” projects should create green energy and affordable homes.
act.gp
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"This is an historic betrayal of Canada's climate commitments and the rights of Coastal First Nations to protect their land and waters from oil spills." - @climatekeith.bsky.social
Tell Carney: fast track climate solutions NOT pipelines 🙅
act.gp/4of2Kru
Tell Carney: fast track climate solutions NOT pipelines 🙅
act.gp/4of2Kru
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"The carbon pollution from expanding oil production to fill a massive new pipeline will overwhelm any potential reductions involved. We should be pivoting to clean renewable energy, not doubling down on dirty fossil fuels." - @climatekeith.bsky.social
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
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 12:16 AM
"The carbon pollution from expanding oil production to fill a massive new pipeline will overwhelm any potential reductions involved. We should be pivoting to clean renewable energy, not doubling down on dirty fossil fuels." - @climatekeith.bsky.social
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
#Cdnpoli #ABpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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more and more countries are going to see that getting off foreign oil imports is a great reason to accelerate electrification and renewables buildout, regardless of what it means for the climate
The energy transition happens often in unlikely places at unprecedented rates.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
Take Nepal: Over the past year, electric vehicles accounted for 76 percent of all passenger vehicles and half of the light commercial vehicles sold in Nepal.
Five years ago, that number was essentially zero.
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 PM
more and more countries are going to see that getting off foreign oil imports is a great reason to accelerate electrification and renewables buildout, regardless of what it means for the climate
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My latest with @simondonner.bsky.social: "As Canada scrambles to diversify its exports, fossil fuels are an increasingly risky bet, not least with taxpayers’ money. And we should not kid ourselves: it is also a bet on global failure to address climate change"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
Canada’s proposed oil and gas expansion is a risky bet – for the planet and our economy
Updated pledges before this year’s COP30 meeting in Brazil fell well short of what’s needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My latest with @simondonner.bsky.social: "As Canada scrambles to diversify its exports, fossil fuels are an increasingly risky bet, not least with taxpayers’ money. And we should not kid ourselves: it is also a bet on global failure to address climate change"
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/o...
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Utterly obsessed with this. LLMs can be defeated by spells (poems) arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Utterly obsessed with this. LLMs can be defeated by spells (poems) arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
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Today, @petertabuns.bsky.social tabled an act in the Ontario Legislature to better protect communities from urban wildfires.
We're seeing toxic wildfire smoke in Toronto. Our governments need to be proactive, because wildfires don’t respect borders.
Learn more: loom.ly/u7asy34 #onpoli
We're seeing toxic wildfire smoke in Toronto. Our governments need to be proactive, because wildfires don’t respect borders.
Learn more: loom.ly/u7asy34 #onpoli
Urban Wildfires: Next Stage in the Climate Crisis
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loom.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Today, @petertabuns.bsky.social tabled an act in the Ontario Legislature to better protect communities from urban wildfires.
We're seeing toxic wildfire smoke in Toronto. Our governments need to be proactive, because wildfires don’t respect borders.
Learn more: loom.ly/u7asy34 #onpoli
We're seeing toxic wildfire smoke in Toronto. Our governments need to be proactive, because wildfires don’t respect borders.
Learn more: loom.ly/u7asy34 #onpoli
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Répliquer aux multinationales = un p'tit mercredi tranquille ☕️
Un grand merci à tous les donateurs et donatrices qui ont permis l'affichage de cette campagne 🙌
Un grand merci à tous les donateurs et donatrices qui ont permis l'affichage de cette campagne 🙌
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Répliquer aux multinationales = un p'tit mercredi tranquille ☕️
Un grand merci à tous les donateurs et donatrices qui ont permis l'affichage de cette campagne 🙌
Un grand merci à tous les donateurs et donatrices qui ont permis l'affichage de cette campagne 🙌
"Historians will look back on the U.S. raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path."
So say we all.
So say we all.
New from me, Rick Smith, and Peter Nicholson.
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs…”
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
New data shows the world is embracing renewable energy. Canada can’t follow Trump’s fossil fuel obsession
North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.
www.thestar.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Historians will look back on the U.S. raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path."
So say we all.
So say we all.
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Has there ever been a better-timed academic book? The incredible @amyjanzwood.bsky.social's book on the politics of pipelines in Canada is published today. And there's even a free e-book!
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance
Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance - Tar Sands, Social Movements, and the Politics of Energy Infrastructure; Mega Pipelines, Mega Resistance reveals how and why social movements have frustrated major pip...
www.ubcpress.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Has there ever been a better-timed academic book? The incredible @amyjanzwood.bsky.social's book on the politics of pipelines in Canada is published today. And there's even a free e-book!
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
www.ubcpress.ca/mega-pipelin...
Mark Carney seems to think he needs permission from Exxon to impose a carbon price or GHG emissions cap (spoiler: he doesn't), but doesn't need permission from First Nations to build a new tar sands pipeline (not a spoiler: he does).
Looks like it's time to get the band back together: Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes tar sands pipeline to B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mark Carney seems to think he needs permission from Exxon to impose a carbon price or GHG emissions cap (spoiler: he doesn't), but doesn't need permission from First Nations to build a new tar sands pipeline (not a spoiler: he does).
Looks like it's time to get the band back together: Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes tar sands pipeline to B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast, sources say
Privy Council Clerk Sabia playing key role in brokering accord that would involve tanker ban exemption
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Looks like it's time to get the band back together: Ottawa, Alberta close to deal that includes tar sands pipeline to B.C. coast
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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It seems >80 countries now support including a commitment to a roadmap for transition away from fossil fuels in a COP30 cover text. This is just basic basic science, since FFs are the primary cause of warming. Saudi Arabia and the Arab group are opposed. *Where is Canada on this proposal?*
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It seems >80 countries now support including a commitment to a roadmap for transition away from fossil fuels in a COP30 cover text. This is just basic basic science, since FFs are the primary cause of warming. Saudi Arabia and the Arab group are opposed. *Where is Canada on this proposal?*
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“Carney seems to think doing things like boosting military spending or hiring border guards will please Trump. But every concession is taken as weakness. Canadians voted for someone who would stand up to Trump, not for appeasement.” – @climatekeith.bsky.social @rabble.ca
#DontTrumpCanada
#DontTrumpCanada
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Carney seems to think doing things like boosting military spending or hiring border guards will please Trump. But every concession is taken as weakness. Canadians voted for someone who would stand up to Trump, not for appeasement.” – @climatekeith.bsky.social @rabble.ca
#DontTrumpCanada
#DontTrumpCanada
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“Instead of putting Canadians to work building public transit systems or a green electrical grid, the government is handing out tax credits to corporations.” – @climatekeith.bsky.social @rabble.ca
rabble.ca/environment/... #Cdnpoli #Budget2025 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
rabble.ca/environment/... #Cdnpoli #Budget2025 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
Climate organizations across the country disappointed at PM Carney’s 2025 Federal Budget
Mark Carney's budget invests in fossil fuels and the military while pulling back on green intiatives.
rabble.ca
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Instead of putting Canadians to work building public transit systems or a green electrical grid, the government is handing out tax credits to corporations.” – @climatekeith.bsky.social @rabble.ca
rabble.ca/environment/... #Cdnpoli #Budget2025 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
rabble.ca/environment/... #Cdnpoli #Budget2025 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp
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"CAPP has been fighting against effective climate action for decades and should be shown the door, not the red carpet.” – @climatekeith.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i... #COP30 #Cdnpoli #COP30noBrasil
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i... #COP30 #Cdnpoli #COP30noBrasil
‘Inviting the Fox Into the Henhouse’: Canada Delegation to COP30 Loaded with Fossil Fuel Representatives
Delegation’s composition consistent with new KBPO report revealing this year’s U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.
www.desmog.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"CAPP has been fighting against effective climate action for decades and should be shown the door, not the red carpet.” – @climatekeith.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i... #COP30 #Cdnpoli #COP30noBrasil
www.desmog.com/2025/11/13/i... #COP30 #Cdnpoli #COP30noBrasil
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One example of how mines pushed through via Major Nation Building Projects will be used to fuel the new era of AI military tech 🫠
"Critical minerals should be used to fight climate change, not wars." @louiscouillard.bsky.social
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/fiv... @stalbertgazette.bsky.social
"Critical minerals should be used to fight climate change, not wars." @louiscouillard.bsky.social
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/fiv... @stalbertgazette.bsky.social
Five things to know about Quebec graphite mine added to major projects list
MONTREAL — A graphite mine in Quebec has been included on the federal government's expanded list of major projects in the national interest to be considered for regulatory fast-tracking.
www.stalbertgazette.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
One example of how mines pushed through via Major Nation Building Projects will be used to fuel the new era of AI military tech 🫠
"Critical minerals should be used to fight climate change, not wars." @louiscouillard.bsky.social
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/fiv... @stalbertgazette.bsky.social
"Critical minerals should be used to fight climate change, not wars." @louiscouillard.bsky.social
www.stalbertgazette.com/politics/fiv... @stalbertgazette.bsky.social