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Conor Curtis
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Comms Director at Sierra Club Canada / MA Policy / BA Hist. / fmr manager at a food bank / writer / podcaster from Corner Brook NL. My Views. Wealth limit, direct redistribution: https://energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fundamental-fairness-can-save
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Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · Jul 28
A limit on extreme individual wealth above healthy, competitive rewards; With any extreme #wealth at the highest end of the spectrum clawed back and shared equally by all.

The proposal in my article for @theenergymix.com: energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fund... #CDNpoli #Canada #USpoli #US
A New ‘Fundamental Fairness’ Can Save Democracy, the Environment, and Canada
As major media focus on negotiations between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Donald Trump, it’s the Canadian people who are our best line of defence. We need a new fairness to empower ourselves.
energymixweekender.substack.com
conorcurtis.bsky.social
"Fed. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson told CP the fed. gov. will be talking to B.C. 'in short order.'"

Probably should have done that first Tim.

Neither Smith nor Carney actually think a private company will back a pipeline... neither talked to BC.
www.theenergymix.com/west-coast-p...
#ABpoli #BCpoli
West Coast Pipeline to Receive ‘Political Support’ from Carney Deal with Alberta
Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to Calgary Thursday to unveil “broad outlines of a memorandum of understanding” with Alberta that will offer “political support” for a new pipeline to British Co...
www.theenergymix.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Do you remember when the last government started making exemptions and carveouts to the consumer carbon tax? That ended well, now @mark-carney.bsky.social decides to repeat the mistake. Seriously, weakening greenwashing regulations so companies can lie? Foolish.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... #CDNpoli
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 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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harbingermedia.bsky.social
On a new episode of @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social's 🌳THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA🌳 the team explain why Oil & Gas interests want to increase Canada's reliance on the United States and sabotage Canadian sovereignty.

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West Coast Pipeline? Oil & Gas Corps Want Us Tied to the U.S. When Renewables are What We Really Need for Sovereignty
Podcast Episode · The Environment in Canada Podcast · 11/22/2025 · 21m
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November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Because the MOU on an imaginary pipeline is actually cover to weaken Canada’s climate regulations and slow the growth of renewable energy – renewable energy that is Canada’s best bet for continuing our sovereignty… Podcast below highlighting recent reporting on the subject.

#ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNpoli
sierraclubcanada.bsky.social Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 4d
(1/2) Oil & gas interests want to increase Canada’s reliance on the U.S. So why is the AB Gov. talking about a west coast oil pipeline MOU with the Fed. Gov – since the economics of such a #pipeline are terrible?

www.sierraclub.ca/west-coast-p... #CDNpoli #ABpoli #BCpoli #USpoli #WestCoastPipeline
Oil and Gas interests want to increase Canada’s reliance on the United States. So why is the Alberta Government talking about a west coast oil pipeline MOU with the Federal Government – especially since the economics of such a pipeline are terrible? Because the MOU on an imaginary pipeline is actually cover to weaken Canada’s climate regulations and slow the growth of renewable energy – renewable energy that is Canada’s best bet for continuing our sovereignty…
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Vance is using a tactic that was developed by fascists to destroy democracies: you create a hatred of an 'other' - they dont care who - & you push until democracy collapses.

See @coolzonemedia.bsky.social / @iwriteok.bsky.social's podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #CBC
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Tomorrow's #SovereigntySaturdays podcast edition of @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social's The Environment in Canada Podcast will be going over the imaginary west coast oil pipeline, because of course we've got to cover it. So stay tuned... #CDNpoli #ABpoli #BCpoli
November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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mwbru.bsky.social
Let's please not be left behind as the rest of the world moves on...
conorcurtis.bsky.social Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 6d
THERE IS NO BUSINESS CASE FOR A PIPELINE. This MOU is about oil and gas corporations wanting to further Canada's reliance on the U.S. and slow our transition to renewable energy, leaving us behind other countries and with the cost of clean-up

#ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNpoli
sierraclubcanada.bsky.social Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 6d
"New fossil fuel infrastructure in Canada delivers a high level of risk if other countries move faster to decarbonize, but almost no reward in the increasingly unlikely event that the energy transition slows down." - @theenergymix.com

www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit... #ABpoli #CDNpoli #CDNMedia
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
THERE IS NO BUSINESS CASE FOR A PIPELINE. This MOU is about oil and gas corporations wanting to further Canada's reliance on the U.S. and slow our transition to renewable energy, leaving us behind other countries and with the cost of clean-up

#ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNpoli
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Pete Hoekstra doesn't get why we are mad about 51st state threats. He also doesn't understand what foreign interference is.

Meanwhile oil & gas corps want to 'strengthen ties' between Canada & the U.S. Canada being more dependent on the U.S. is their business plan.

#CDNpoli #TheResistance #ABpoli
November 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
It has nothing to do with a pipeline west.

If we sacrifice climate policies for this MOU we are actually setting back our ability to transition to renewables & thus setting Canada back in real diversification & in the race to control the renewable future of energy #CDNpoli #ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNmedia
sierraclubcanada.bsky.social Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 7d
Full release: www.sierraclub.ca/mou-on-a-pip...

"Sierra Club Canada is responding to news in the @theglobeandmail.com that the Fed. Government and Government of Alberta may be close to deal that includes oil pipeline to B.C. coast." #CDNpoli #ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNMedia #KeystoneXL #Pipeline #ElbowsUp
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Okay, I decided to start a substack. Here's the first entry: conorcurtiswriting.substack.com/p/how-an-ext...

"If we fail to end extreme inequality there won’t be an environment or democracy left in which to compete or cooperate."

Subscribe if you wish. #Inequality #USpoli #CDNpoli #Mamdani #Musk
How an extreme wealth limit - with direct, equal, redistribution - could be established by an equilibrium between cooperation and competition.
If we fail to end extreme inequality there won’t be an environment or democracy left in which to compete or cooperate.
conorcurtiswriting.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Today I hope @mark-carney.bsky.social realizes he cannot ignore the climate, & sees the vitality of speaking to the climate conscious. His decision to back a U.S.-owned LNG project last week not only alienated environmentalists but I'm even seeing some on the far right attack it #CDNpoli #Budget2025
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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harbingermedia.bsky.social
On a new episode of @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social's 🌳THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA🌳 the team examine how sister org @sierraclub.org has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump admin after DOGE refused to release records about its ties to polluters and special interests.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Some really important stuff happened this week, and if you're feeling defeated here's why you shouldn't...

#TheResistance #ElbowsUp #ClimateAction #COP30 #SovereigntySaturdays #ClimateChange #Canada
sierraclubcanada.bsky.social Sierra Club Canada @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social · 11d
Why Canada and the climate movement will win, PLUS how Trump pressured the IEA into publishing a ridiculous oil demand scenario, AND how our sister organization Sierra Club U.S. is suing #Trump admin for DOGE records on connections to big polluters: www.sierraclub.ca/canada-clima... #CDNpoli #USpoli
Why Canada and the climate movement will win, PLUS how Trump pressured the IEA into publishing a ridiculous oil demand scenario, AND how our sister organization Sierra Club U.S. is suing Trump admin for DOGE records on connections to big polluters. How the Climate Movement and Canada Wins, How We'll win text on a background picture of Canada and the United States. A Sierra Club Canada podcast for a Sovereignty Saturdays edition of our The Environment in Canada Podcast. #SovereigntySaturdays
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
(1/n) Humans will always inherently cooperate but we will also always inherently compete. We wouldn't stop just because of a limit on wealth that prevents multi-billionaires from appearing, because we do NOT compete to become multi-billionaires...

#Inequality #Wealth #WealthGap #Mamdani #Musk
Humans will always inherently cooperate but we will also always inherently compete. We wouldn't stop just because of a limit on wealth that prevents multi-billionaires from appearing, because we do NOT compete to become multi-billionaires. We won't stop competing because everyone is fed and has a roof, because we do NOT compete, inherently, to avoid starvation. We compete, inherently, for the shallowest of reasons: to be at least slightly more wealthy than our neighbour and to have nicer things or more prestige, and our neighbour competes to be at least slightly more wealthy than us. If we don't compete in terms of wealth we would just find a different thing to compete over. Give us the 'garden of eden' and we will pick the apple from the tree. But neither are we inherently greedy. Most of us understand that our desire for more should have a limit and feel compassion: redistribution measures exist throughout history and societies for this reason. Democracy is founded on the idea that no one person, or small group, should have too much power. So, even with a wealth limit there will always be a force pushing up on that limit trying to make it higher. One needs a balancing force pushing down on the limit in order to establish an equilibrium. And thus the direct equal redistribution of any extreme wealth above a set limit as shares - like in a cooperative. A counterbalancing incentive for the limit to go down, not just up. Everyone has a share in the limit, a stake in ensuring inequality does not get out of hand, even as everyone also inevitably tries to accumulate more individually - thus also exerting a force upwards on the limit's bounds. One way or another, the argument that our current economic system "isn't perfect but is the best we've got" has become nothing more than a lazy excuse to avoid dealing with a existential issue of extreme wealth inequality. More here: https://open.substack.com/pub/energymixweekender/p/a-new-fundamental-fairness-can-save
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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kdodd27.bsky.social
Good point.
conorcurtis.bsky.social Conor Curtis @conorcurtis.bsky.social · 12d
(1/2) Mark Carney's media team clearly did not prepare him well for that question on American, Trump-linked, ownership of Ksi Lisims LNG.

Makes me wonder in general how good the advice he is getting truly is because that project is a dead-end economically to begin with.

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #KsiLisims
November 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
(1/2) Mark Carney's media team clearly did not prepare him well for that question on American, Trump-linked, ownership of Ksi Lisims LNG.

Makes me wonder in general how good the advice he is getting truly is because that project is a dead-end economically to begin with.

#CDNpoli #BCpoli #KsiLisims
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
(1/2) Next #SovereigntySaturdays edition of The Environment in Canada Podcast via @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social will look at Trump's attempts to influence the reporting of the IEA & why no, oil/gas demand will NOT increase through 2050. It will plateau this decade.

#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #COP30 #IEA
No, oil/gas demand will NOT increase through 2050 but will plateau this decade. Tune in Saturday to our Sovereignty Saturdays episode of The Environment in Canada Podcast
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
The present energy situation demands real investment by Canada in renewable energy development and a cross-country grid. Not dead-end, highly subsidized, U.S.-owned LNG projects that harm Canadians' health and increase our energy bills. #CDNmedia #CDNpoli
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable” despite a green backlash in the US & parts of Europe: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #CDNpoli #USpoli #COP30 #CDNMedia
"Renewables will grow faster than any major energy source in the next decade, according to the world’s energy watchdog, making the transition away from fossil fuels “inevitable”, despite a green backlash in the US and parts of Europe. The world is expected to build more renewable energy projects in the next five years than has been rolled out over the last 40, according to the flagship annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA)."
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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On a new episode of @sierraclubcanada.bsky.social's 🌳THE ENVIRONMENT IN CANADA🌳 the team look at Budget 2025, corporate influence on the government's 'climate plan' and how oil and gas lobbyists are undermining democracy and the environment.

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November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
Carney's list is likely to include the Ksi Lisims liquified natural gas project in British Columbia.

As we detail here there is no economic future for LNG & #LNG projects are dead ends as we enter a global oversupply: www.sierraclub.ca/lng-national...

#KsiLisims #CDNpoli #BCpoli #CDNmedia
Nation-building projects likely to include the Ksi Lisims liquified natural gas project in #BritishColumbia. As we detail here there is not economic future for LNG and LNG projects are dead ends especially as we enter a global oversupply: https://www.sierraclub.ca/lng-national-interest-canada/ #KsiLisims #Canpoli #BCpoli #Carney
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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This weekend, the New York Times ran a story claiming Sierra Club’s values have diluted our mission. They couldn’t be more wrong. The list of their errors is too long for one social post, but we go over some examples in these slides.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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sierraclubcanada.bsky.social
(1/2) “'Residents of Kitimat, B.C., say LNG Canada’s operations are leaving them exhausted and worried for their health' - The Narwhal. There are reports of respiratory problems linked to flaring as 'plume of black smoke rises from LNG Canada...'"

Take action: www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/...
Without Strong Anti-Greenwashing Legislation Democracy in Canada is at Risk. - Sierra Club Canada
Oil & gas-sponsored disinformation is actively playing a role in dismantling democracies, Canada needs strong anti-greenwashing regulations.
www.sierraclub.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
conorcurtis.bsky.social
If you're watching the increasing scapegoating of immigrants in Canada by anti-democratic hate groups this is one of the most important podcasts you can listen to. It details how this is a long standing strategy of these groups (see Part 2, 45 mins in): bsky.app/profile/cool... #CDNpoli #ElbowsUp
coolzonemedia.bsky.social Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · May 20
@iwriteok.bsky.social walks Blake Wexler through the life and times of Carl Schmitt, a legal scholar born in Imperial Germany who would come to create the blueprint for how fascist movements could destroy liberal democracy from within.

@whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM