Conor Curtis
@conorcurtis.bsky.social
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 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
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
The proposal in my article for @theenergymix.com: energymixweekender.substack.com/p/a-new-fund... #CDNpoli #Canada #USpoli #US
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Let's please not be left behind as the rest of the world moves on...
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
#ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNpoli
"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
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit... #ABpoli #CDNpoli #CDNMedia
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Let's please not be left behind as the rest of the world moves on...
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
#ABpoli #BCpoli #CDNpoli
"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
www.theenergymix.com/breaking-wit... #ABpoli #CDNpoli #CDNMedia
BREAKING: With Pipeline Deal Coming Soon, New Analysis Shows Big Risks for Investors, Crushing Losses for Provinces
With the federal and Alberta governments touting an imminent deal on a new oil pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast, analysis released Thursday morning concludes that investors in Canadian o...
www.theenergymix.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
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
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
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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
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.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
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
#TheResistance #ElbowsUp #ClimateAction #COP30 #SovereigntySaturdays #ClimateChange #Canada
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
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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
#TheResistance #ElbowsUp #ClimateAction #COP30 #SovereigntySaturdays #ClimateChange #Canada
(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
#Inequality #Wealth #WealthGap #Mamdani #Musk
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
(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
#Inequality #Wealth #WealthGap #Mamdani #Musk
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Good point.
(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
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
Good point.
(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
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
(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
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
(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
#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #COP30 #IEA
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
(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
#CDNpoli #CDNmedia #COP30 #IEA
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
(1/n) The entity that will construct, own & operate the assets of the Ksi Lisims LNG project is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas-based Western LNG funded by U.S. private equity firms with ties to the U.S. Admin.
Listen: www.sierraclub.ca/ksi-lisims-l... #KsiLisims #NationBuilding #CDNpoli #BCpoli
Listen: www.sierraclub.ca/ksi-lisims-l... #KsiLisims #NationBuilding #CDNpoli #BCpoli
Ksi Lisims LNG is NOT Nation-Building: Trump's Friends May Benefit, But We Pay the Price - Sierra Club Canada
Not nation building: A wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas-based Western LNG, tied to the U.S. Admin, will construct & own Ksi Lisims LNG.
www.sierraclub.ca
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"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
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"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
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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
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.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔶
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 🔶
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
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
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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
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
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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
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.
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(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/...
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
(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/...
Take action: www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/...
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
@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-...
@whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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
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From our sister organization in the U.S.:
"The public deserves to know what’s happening behind closed doors.
@sierraclub.org has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency..."
(1/2) #USpoli #DOGE #ElonMusk
"The public deserves to know what’s happening behind closed doors.
@sierraclub.org has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency..."
(1/2) #USpoli #DOGE #ElonMusk
November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
From our sister organization in the U.S.:
"The public deserves to know what’s happening behind closed doors.
@sierraclub.org has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency..."
(1/2) #USpoli #DOGE #ElonMusk
"The public deserves to know what’s happening behind closed doors.
@sierraclub.org has filed a new lawsuit against the Trump Administration after its Department of Government Efficiency..."
(1/2) #USpoli #DOGE #ElonMusk
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(3/3) Also see our previous post: "Wind Energy and Tariffs – Sierra Club Canada and Sierra Club U.S. Meet in Montréal (February 12, 2025)" www.sierraclub.ca/wind-energy-...
"Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres."
"Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres."
Wind Energy and Tariffs - Sierra Club Canada
Wind Energy and Tariffs: Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres.
www.sierraclub.ca
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 AM
(3/3) Also see our previous post: "Wind Energy and Tariffs – Sierra Club Canada and Sierra Club U.S. Meet in Montréal (February 12, 2025)" www.sierraclub.ca/wind-energy-...
"Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres."
"Canadian wind turbines, made with Canadian steel and aluminium, should power Canadian data centres."
Is it not completely obvious that Elon Musk is really just LARPing as Peter Weyland from Alien?
I mean I would compare Trump to the Alien creature Weyland (almost) unleashed on humanity for his own benefit, but that feels unfair to the Aliens from the Alien franchise somehow. #USpoli #ElonMusk
I mean I would compare Trump to the Alien creature Weyland (almost) unleashed on humanity for his own benefit, but that feels unfair to the Aliens from the Alien franchise somehow. #USpoli #ElonMusk
November 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Robert answers the big question: who does Peter Thiel think the antichrist might be? And we learn about the time he considered cryonically freezing his own head after death.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @yourewrongabout.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social @yourewrongabout.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Robert answers the big question: who does Peter Thiel think the antichrist might be? And we learn about the time he considered cryonically freezing his own head after death.
@iwriteok.bsky.social @yourewrongabout.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
@iwriteok.bsky.social @yourewrongabout.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
Again stressing here that if you want to protect a democracy under these circumstances it's real important citizens concerned about democracy maintain strong connections with the people they know in that country's military.
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Again stressing here that if you want to protect a democracy under these circumstances it's real important citizens concerned about democracy maintain strong connections with the people they know in that country's military.