John Woodside
@woodsideful.bsky.social
Ottawa Bureau Chief with @nationalobserver.com. Covering the money and politics fuelling the climate crisis.
Not my footage, but COP30 is on fire
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Not my footage, but COP30 is on fire
I pulled federal data from Sept 2024 to put this in perspective. 504 projects in energy, mining and forestry alone (so this doesn’t include planned port expansions, public transit expansions, etc) are planned or already under construction. Worth more than $630 billion.
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I pulled federal data from Sept 2024 to put this in perspective. 504 projects in energy, mining and forestry alone (so this doesn’t include planned port expansions, public transit expansions, etc) are planned or already under construction. Worth more than $630 billion.
He found that despite the extremely common fires in the past, there were some people who were basically cheering the fires on for their ability to reset things. City flags hint at it. Several have phoenixes (rising from the ash), others like Detroit, literal burning buildings in the back.
August 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
He found that despite the extremely common fires in the past, there were some people who were basically cheering the fires on for their ability to reset things. City flags hint at it. Several have phoenixes (rising from the ash), others like Detroit, literal burning buildings in the back.
200 years ago the Miramichi Fire announced an era of megafires in North America.
Our climate change era may be new, but there are stunning similarities to be drawn and reporting this history made me think differently about the fossil fuel driven fires today.
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Our climate change era may be new, but there are stunning similarities to be drawn and reporting this history made me think differently about the fossil fuel driven fires today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/a...
August 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
200 years ago the Miramichi Fire announced an era of megafires in North America.
Our climate change era may be new, but there are stunning similarities to be drawn and reporting this history made me think differently about the fossil fuel driven fires today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/a...
Our climate change era may be new, but there are stunning similarities to be drawn and reporting this history made me think differently about the fossil fuel driven fires today.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/25/a...
New political fundraising data show despite a dedicated donor base the NDP is struggling to raise funds during the last few elections. Via @natashabulowski.bsky.social
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August 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New political fundraising data show despite a dedicated donor base the NDP is struggling to raise funds during the last few elections. Via @natashabulowski.bsky.social
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As Indigenous nations meet with Carney today over his major projects plan, no list of projects has been made public. But after speaking with government sources we're got the likely front-runners. Here they are, spanning LNG, power grids & port upgrades.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As Indigenous nations meet with Carney today over his major projects plan, no list of projects has been made public. But after speaking with government sources we're got the likely front-runners. Here they are, spanning LNG, power grids & port upgrades.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/17/a...
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Government is not a business and this is likely to be a painful lesson for Mark Carney.
Remember he won because progressives lent their votes to stop Poilievre. Double crossing environmentalists, Indigenous rights holders, and people who support the democratic process burns that political support.
Remember he won because progressives lent their votes to stop Poilievre. Double crossing environmentalists, Indigenous rights holders, and people who support the democratic process burns that political support.
June 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Government is not a business and this is likely to be a painful lesson for Mark Carney.
Remember he won because progressives lent their votes to stop Poilievre. Double crossing environmentalists, Indigenous rights holders, and people who support the democratic process burns that political support.
Remember he won because progressives lent their votes to stop Poilievre. Double crossing environmentalists, Indigenous rights holders, and people who support the democratic process burns that political support.
I spoke to an elementary school teacher for this story who told me about a 10 year old in her class asking if he'd be alive in 2100. He'd be 85 then.
What will that child's retirement look like in a 4 degree, broiling world? That's the path of continued fossil fuel investment.
What will that child's retirement look like in a 4 degree, broiling world? That's the path of continued fossil fuel investment.
June 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I spoke to an elementary school teacher for this story who told me about a 10 year old in her class asking if he'd be alive in 2100. He'd be 85 then.
What will that child's retirement look like in a 4 degree, broiling world? That's the path of continued fossil fuel investment.
What will that child's retirement look like in a 4 degree, broiling world? That's the path of continued fossil fuel investment.
Carney’s vision to fast track resource projects runs precisely this risk: court challenges for inadequate/ignored impact assessments and consultation with rights holders. Entirely predictable problem.
May 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Carney’s vision to fast track resource projects runs precisely this risk: court challenges for inadequate/ignored impact assessments and consultation with rights holders. Entirely predictable problem.
I mean there’s no other way to characterize Danielle Smith other than a radical climate denier. This lie about giving the benefit of the doubt is pathetic… as if she didn’t follow that meeting up with fanning the flames of separatism in the short term interests of the fossil fuel industry.
May 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I mean there’s no other way to characterize Danielle Smith other than a radical climate denier. This lie about giving the benefit of the doubt is pathetic… as if she didn’t follow that meeting up with fanning the flames of separatism in the short term interests of the fossil fuel industry.
When Poilievre says he would prioritize LNG Canada Phase 2, and the Conservative campaign chair works for a firm that lobbies on behalf of LNG Canada owner Shell, that should raise some pretty fundamental questions about how the party would govern if elected.
Here are some other connections:
Here are some other connections:
April 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When Poilievre says he would prioritize LNG Canada Phase 2, and the Conservative campaign chair works for a firm that lobbies on behalf of LNG Canada owner Shell, that should raise some pretty fundamental questions about how the party would govern if elected.
Here are some other connections:
Here are some other connections:
See on the left how all the rebel crew have their phones out filming the argument? They’re just there to clip farm to fundraise. Ezra spins this afterward that he thought it was going to get physical. Bullshit. He was instigating fights with as many as he could and now plays victim.
April 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
See on the left how all the rebel crew have their phones out filming the argument? They’re just there to clip farm to fundraise. Ezra spins this afterward that he thought it was going to get physical. Bullshit. He was instigating fights with as many as he could and now plays victim.
A typical Ezra Levant lie. Last night Ezra’s mission was to bait as many reporters as he could to cause a scene. Hill Times reporter was simply explaining how the Rebel is not a real news site and Ezra is just trying to twist the situation for his own self serving narrative to fundraise.
April 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A typical Ezra Levant lie. Last night Ezra’s mission was to bait as many reporters as he could to cause a scene. Hill Times reporter was simply explaining how the Rebel is not a real news site and Ezra is just trying to twist the situation for his own self serving narrative to fundraise.
Former president of the CSFN, Jamil Jivani who is running for reelection with the Cons, is close friends with JD Vance.
CSFN founder Preston Manning has also been turning heads lately, claiming a vote for Mark Carney is a vote for Western secession.
This week is a political minefield for the CPC
CSFN founder Preston Manning has also been turning heads lately, claiming a vote for Mark Carney is a vote for Western secession.
This week is a political minefield for the CPC
April 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Former president of the CSFN, Jamil Jivani who is running for reelection with the Cons, is close friends with JD Vance.
CSFN founder Preston Manning has also been turning heads lately, claiming a vote for Mark Carney is a vote for Western secession.
This week is a political minefield for the CPC
CSFN founder Preston Manning has also been turning heads lately, claiming a vote for Mark Carney is a vote for Western secession.
This week is a political minefield for the CPC
Second carbon capture doesn't work as advertised. Experts say it's a pipe dream. See the tiny red stub near the bottom for carbon capture? That indicates it's the most expensive and least effective option compared to others.
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April 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Second carbon capture doesn't work as advertised. Experts say it's a pipe dream. See the tiny red stub near the bottom for carbon capture? That indicates it's the most expensive and least effective option compared to others.
www.nationalobserver.com/2022/01/20/n...
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Today Danielle Smith met with Mark Carney, where she tabled a list of demands to benefit the oil and gas industry at the expense of Canadians, while threatening a national unity crisis if she doesn't get her way.
March 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today Danielle Smith met with Mark Carney, where she tabled a list of demands to benefit the oil and gas industry at the expense of Canadians, while threatening a national unity crisis if she doesn't get her way.
Danielle Smith has already pivoted to going after industrial carbon repricing. No doubt Poilievre will too.
Give an inch and your opponents will try to take a mile.
Give an inch and your opponents will try to take a mile.
March 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Danielle Smith has already pivoted to going after industrial carbon repricing. No doubt Poilievre will too.
Give an inch and your opponents will try to take a mile.
Give an inch and your opponents will try to take a mile.
Crucial piece from @bsaxifrage.bsky.social about the out of control forest emissions in Canada. Through logging and wildfires, our forests are responsible for more emissions than 150 other countries — and it's getting worse as the climate crisis deepens.
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March 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Crucial piece from @bsaxifrage.bsky.social about the out of control forest emissions in Canada. Through logging and wildfires, our forests are responsible for more emissions than 150 other countries — and it's getting worse as the climate crisis deepens.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/a...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/19/a...
It’s kind of amazing how Poilievre is trying to frame himself as the one who can stand up to Trump, and yet he can’t help himself from mimicking the way Trump talks. A big beautiful tax cut. I mean come on.
March 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It’s kind of amazing how Poilievre is trying to frame himself as the one who can stand up to Trump, and yet he can’t help himself from mimicking the way Trump talks. A big beautiful tax cut. I mean come on.
The 3000 year old city (that is also the most densely populated in the Southern Mediterranean) is expected to be partially submerged within 25 years. Some more info from the study here
February 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The 3000 year old city (that is also the most densely populated in the Southern Mediterranean) is expected to be partially submerged within 25 years. Some more info from the study here
Chris Rufo is boasting over on X about being on a victory lap. If you're unfamiliar with him, he's a big figure on the American hard-right focused on attacking progressive race and gender policies.
Last year, Canadian conservatives brought him for advice.
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/01/n...
Last year, Canadian conservatives brought him for advice.
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February 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Chris Rufo is boasting over on X about being on a victory lap. If you're unfamiliar with him, he's a big figure on the American hard-right focused on attacking progressive race and gender policies.
Last year, Canadian conservatives brought him for advice.
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/01/n...
Last year, Canadian conservatives brought him for advice.
www.nationalobserver.com/2024/08/01/n...
This was as close as they got. Buried right at the end of the story. The way it’s written makes it seem like this is just some coincidence and not the result of rising global temperatures caused by burning fossil fuels. Hell, the way it’s written is almost like it’s an urban planning problem.
January 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This was as close as they got. Buried right at the end of the story. The way it’s written makes it seem like this is just some coincidence and not the result of rising global temperatures caused by burning fossil fuels. Hell, the way it’s written is almost like it’s an urban planning problem.
Green Party's Elizabeth May has written to leaders of the other parties to see if there's a way to salvage legislation that will otherwise die with Parliament prorogued.
January 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Green Party's Elizabeth May has written to leaders of the other parties to see if there's a way to salvage legislation that will otherwise die with Parliament prorogued.