From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, Prime Minister Mark Carney is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rules — and complicating Canada’s progress on climate change. thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

Covering all of California's water canals with solar panels could generate 13 gigawatts of renewable power and save 63 billion gallons of water per year: buff.ly/3Gx1wUq

We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

This anecdote about Karina Gould is awful. To use one of Carney's beloved hockey analogies, crosschecking a promising young female politician -- a colleague -- is very troubling.

This man is a C-suite executive, with all the arrogance & nastiness that too often brings.

‘We’re here for good’: Mi’kmaw land defenders say they’re not leaving Hunter’s Mountain

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Last night I read again a chunk of "Fire Weather" by @johnvaillant.bsky.social to check my notes against his reporting and holy crap this is a superb book--a vivid portrait of one of the most fascinating, least known, most important places in North America: northern Alberta. Strong recommend.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I am home but the public hearing for the proposed bylaw amendments for Dartmouth Cove has started. #Halifax staff just wrapped up a presentation.

You can watch here but I will live post what speakers have to say:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAiF...

A decade ago, Mark Carney gave a speech pointing out how biz and political leaders had no day-to-day incentive to address climate change, yet it was up to governments. Today, Carney is leading one, but finds himself consumed with responding to the many crises of the day thenarwhal.ca/mark-carney-...

Mi’kmaw land protectors on Hunter’s Mountain in Cape Breton, Unama’ki, are determined to stop clearcutting & destruction of moose habitat on unceded Mi’kmaw lands. They say they’re not moving, even tho N.S. Premier Tim Houston’s govt has passed a law to criminalize such encampments on Crown land.

Vancouver City Councillors @seanorr.bsky.social and @lucymaloney.bsky.social are calling to prioritize a SkyTrain extension to UBC, which I wholeheartedly support.

To voice your opinion Wed at the council meeting: vancouver.ca/your-governm... #vanpoli #cdnpoli @davidebybc.bsky.social

And people in my neighbourhood were out with their hoses washing cars and watering plants this weekend. Blows my mind how incapable people are of connecting the dots 😮‍💨

OF COURSE SPEED CAMERAS WORK! There’s clear evidence of that. They save lives, and removing them will costs lives, including KIDS’ LIVES. The narrative of “cash grab” is a political tactic. Every dollar raised by such cameras is evidence of too much deadly speeding and the need for such cameras.

Premier Tim Houston said it was “unfortunate” that First Nations people feel his government is disrespecting them.

Also, it “appears the First Nations’ resolve to stay put and continue protecting Tqamuoweye’katik (Hunter’s Mountain) is growing.”

Reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Further, says Houston, we will pass legislation that criminalizes anyone who tries to protect the forest and obstructs clearcutting on Crown land … and maybe fine them $50,000 and put them in prison. We will call that the “Protecting Nova Scotians Act,” says NS Premier Tim Orwell Houston.

Nova Scotia - a province known for endless rainy days & many bountiful rivers & lakes - is into its 4th month of extreme drought. This is the French River, that provides Tatamagouche with water (or not). Climate crisis kicking in. But: let’s frack and clearcut anyway, says NS Premier Tim Houston.

@joanbaxter.bsky.social wrote about this about a year ago in the @halifaxexaminer.ca
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/transportati...

The framing of the Province's Planning Order is quite something. They rejected the Regional Plan because of watercourse setbacks and EVs, didn't understand the consequences, and now have to issue an order to fix the mess they created. It's HRM's fault though! Just wild.
novascotia.ca/just/regulat...

New SUV and old pickup say sit all.

Mi’kmaw chiefs lash out at Houston government, threaten legal action, and demand immediate meeting with N.S. premier

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social with files from @dartjenhen.bsky.social

The last seconds are absolutely shocking

And a 15% export tax on oil and gas exports to the US could raise ~$25 billion a year – that's a lot of money to support impacted workers & domestic manufacturing and to help fund the transition off fossil fuels.

I wrote about this idea last February here...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/03/o...

So Trump is imposing new tariffs on Canadian lumber & on films produced outside the US.

*Notice that the one industry he is leaving unharmed is oil & gas?*

It's a tell...🧵

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Me too, but what happens next is not nearly so pretty in my case. Big old splash mess. 😎

Translation: CN doesn't want it. The feds should just nationalize railway corridors between major cities and give passenger trains priority over freights.
www.cp24.com/news/canada/...