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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 19h

I see your KXL, and raise you a National Energy Program.

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 1d

1. Before anyone gets too excited about (another) Keystone XL revival, this looks like an attempt to curry favour with Trump that will go nowhere. The company behind KXL (TC Energy spin-off South Bow) tried to relaunch it earlier this year...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 1d

4. But why is our Elbows-Up Prime Minister trying to embed us further into the U.S. fossil fuel system, which is a big part of the political machine behind Trump-ism?
We should be building a renewable energy economy to get off the toxic politics, economics and ecology associated with Big Oil.

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 1d

3. It doesn't look like there was interest in committing to ship oil on the pipeline, and the open season was cancelled www.qcintel.com/article/big-...

Big Sky crude pipe project open season canceled

www.qcintel.com

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 1d

2. South Bow (created when TC Energy, the erstwhile Transcanada Pipelines, spun off its oil pipeline business) teamed up with Trump's BFF Energy Transfer to launch an open season on the proposed Big Sky Pipeline
eastdaley.com/daley-note/s...

Sky’s the Limit: ET, SOBO Partner on Big Sky to Meet Canadian Growth | East Daley Analytics

Energy Transfer and South Bow have launched an open season for commitments to the new Big Sky Pipeline to handle Canadian crude oil growth.

eastdaley.com

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 1d

1. Before anyone gets too excited about (another) Keystone XL revival, this looks like an attempt to curry favour with Trump that will go nowhere. The company behind KXL (TC Energy spin-off South Bow) tried to relaunch it earlier this year...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Carney raised Keystone XL pipeline revival in meeting with Trump | CBC News

Relief for Canada from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum may come thanks to renewed interest in a pipeline project first proposed more than 15 years ago.

www.cbc.ca

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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 1d

Canada's government is set to introduce a revised border security (and migrant control and infosec) bill in the face of opposition, CBC reports. Curious what criticisms it is taking to heart. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Government to table new border bill amid privacy concerns over C-2: sources | CBC News

The federal Liberals are set to introduce a new bill expected to mirror much of what's in their already tabled border legislation — but with some clauses that sparked concerns from opposition parties ...

www.cbc.ca

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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 2d

If you think ICE raids are impossible here, it may be time to think again…

Bill C-2 is about to import militarized control, racial profiling & mass surveillance right out of Trump’s playbook and into our backyard.

#StopBillC2 #RejectMapleMAGA #DontTrumpCanada #Cdnpoli

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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 3d

Russia is in a spiral toward a terminal war economy 'troika' of extractivism, authoritarianism and war - groundbreaking new report sourced by experts from outside Russia defies a Kremlin crackdown on NGOs following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
act.gp/3It7OtD

#TimeToResist

Report front cover:
'Fossil Fuel Empire: The Environment of Post-2022 Russia and the Kremlin's Threat to Domestic and Global Stability and Sustainability' - with a picture of smoke rising into the sky of Norilsk, Russia's most polluted city, and graffiti reading 'No Happiness'

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 5d

"While Mark Carney the central banker warned the world of the risk climate change posed to the financial system, Mark Carney the PM can protect our economy & envt by bringing in rules that force banks to take a longer term perspective & shift investment from fossil fuels to clean energy" said me.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 5d

Carney-championed Net-Zero Banking Alliance shuts down after losing most of its members

Prime Minister Mark Carney had convinced Canada’s largest lenders to commit to net-zero emissions in 2021

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Kathryn Harrison @profkharrison.bsky.social · 5d

Yet another great primer on industrial carbon pricing from @climateinstitute.bsky.social.

It's Canada's potentially most impactful climate policy, but it's hanging by a thread as provinces have gamed and, increasingly, flaunted the federal carbon pricing benchmark.

Ball's in the feds' court.

Canadian Climate Institute @climateinstitute.bsky.social · 5d

Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems are meant to slash emissions and reward low-carbon innovation. But right now, they’re falling short due to poor design.
We took a closer look at what’s holding these systems back. ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/five-choices...

Five choices that are breaking industrial carbon pricing

In some provinces, industrial carbon pricing systems are increasingly dysfunctional. Governments must fix them.

climateinstitute.ca

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Aaron Wherry @aaronwherry.bsky.social · 5d

I'm genuinely flummoxed as to how anyone is talking about a "grand bargain" while the Alberta government and the oil industry is actively opposed to the federal carbon price on industrial emissions.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

ANALYSIS | Is Mark Carney going to get tied up in pipeline politics? | CBC News

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's preferred framing for the issue of a new pipline creates a challenge and a potential trap for Prime Minister Mark Carney.

www.cbc.ca

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 5d

Alt headline: Pipeline CEO demands federal government dismantle key climate policies.
Note: this story on energy policy omits any discussion of what impact the changes this executive is demanding would have on GHG emissions, doesn't include word 'climate'
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Enbridge CEO urges Ottawa to remove barriers to building energy infrastructure

In speech in Toronto, Greg Ebel said Canadian utilities will continue U.S. expansions if government doesn’t turn words into action

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Patrick Bonin @patbonin.bsky.social · 7d

Je viens de déposer aux Communes une pétition citoyenne pour que Mark Carney adopte enfin une réglementation en finance durable.

Il y a 10 ans, il parlait de la «tragédie des horizons»...
2025, toujours rien!

65 % des Canadiens et 73 % des Québécois exigent un changement.

#polcan #BlocQc

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Keith Stewart @climatekeith.bsky.social · 6d

Elbows up

Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile, Enbridge’s CEO just called again (during a speech in Toronto) for industrial pricing to end, which is another reminder that the oil and gas industry is not serious about carbon capture, and Carney will need to play hardball if he is.

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UBCIC @ubcic.bsky.social · 7d

"Any proposal to ram a new oil pipeline through to B.C.'s North Coast is a direct assault on the inherent and constitutionally protected title and rights of the First Nations who steward these lands and waters." Grand Chief Stewart Phillip www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_oppose...

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Opposes New Oil Pipeline Proposals to B.C.’s North Coast

Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights

www.ubcic.bc.ca

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Martin Z. Olszynski @molszyns.bsky.social · 7d

I want to explain this a bit b/c it’s important. When the Building Canada Act (then C-5) was introduced, it required the feds to consult w/ the provinces re: PONIs (s 5(7)). But the Act was amended at 3rd reading by the Transportation Committee. Section 5(1.1) was added by the Bloc Québécois. 1/n

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 7d

Reminder that Bill C-5 REQUIRES consent of the province or territory in which the project is to be built. I doubt BC will be onboard with this pipeline proposal.

H/t to @molszyns.bsky.social for this tidbit.

www.parl.ca/DocumentView...

Publication and consent of province or territory
(1.‍1) Before adding the name of a project to Schedule 1, the Governor in Council must cause a notice of 30 days, that includes the name and description of the project, to be published in the Canada Gazette and must consult with the government of the province or territory in which the project will be carried out, and obtain its written consent if the project falls within areas of exclusive provincial or territorial jurisdiction.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 7d

the more i think about this, the more angry i am about it. danielle smith is basically hoping to burn $14 million in exchange for gutting environmental rules, and it’s hard to believe carney won’t let her get away with it.

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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 7d

@climatekeith.bsky.social, senior energy strategist with Greenpeace, said Smith is "starting a fight she knows she can't win so she can claim everyone is against Alberta when this economically unsound project doesn’t go ahead.“

BREAKING: Alberta announces it will be the proponent of a new pipeline application

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new proposed pipeline on Wednesday to carry oil from Alberta to the West Coast. The province itself will be the proponent applying to the federal Major Proje...

www.nationalobserver.com

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John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 7d

"Pouring billions more of Canadian taxpayers' dollars into a new tar sands pipeline when Europe and China are leading a global charge away from fossil fuels would be about as smart as investing in Blockbuster video stores when Netflix was on the rise.” - @climatekeith.bsky.social

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 8d

Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.

Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.

We have been sent here to fight for people.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 8d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Greenpeace Canada @greenpeaceca.bsky.social · 8d

We sit with these words every #NDTR – and many other days, too. @christibelcourt.com 🧡

It's always been about the land. The erasure of people for the stealing of land for the purpose of extraction to enrich a very elite few.

#OrangeShirtDay #EveryChildMatters #LandBack

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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 8d

If I may redirect your attention north of the border to our own disturbing uses of power: this is, to use @amberbracken.bsky.social's phrase, chilling.

RCMP tried to get photojournalist Amber Bracken charged and detained without bail, documents show

Bracken was arrested in 2021 after Mounties removed protesters blocking access to a Coastal GasLink construction site in B.C.

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Phillip Meintzer @phillipmeintzer.bsky.social · 8d

Imperial posted profits of nearly $20 BILLION over the last 4 years (2021-24) AND set a record for Q1 profits in 2025. O&G companies are making a killing and yet they're still planning to layoff 20% of their workforce. More production ≠ more jobs.
www.reuters.com/business/wor... #ABLeg #ABPoli

Canada's Imperial Oil to cut 20% of workforce and largely exit Calgary

Canada's Imperial Oil said on Monday it would cut its workforce by about 20% by the end of 2027, part of a major restructuring that would eventually shutter most of its presence in the oil-and-gas city of Calgary.

www.reuters.com

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 9d

🇨🇦 New Report finds Canada's Big Five banks exposed to greater transition risk than global peers because of costly domestic FF financing...

💸 In 2024 18.3% of the banks’ financing went to FF companies, more than 2x their US counterparts and 3x their European peers

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