Climate Change

The federal government’s expert body mandated to provide it with independent advice to reach net-zero emissions is collapsing following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pipeline agreement with Alberta. Two prominent members of the body, including its chair, have resigned this week, citing a lack of influence over a government that’s increasingly pulling back on climate action.

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How popular is ecosocialist transformation?

06/12/25

Author:

Jason Hickel

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/jasonhickel.substack.com

In US and UK

Dec. 4, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Carney Flips on Tax Breaks for Phony Carbon Capture

04/12/25

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Nick Murray - The Canadian Press with files from The Energy Mix

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The Energy Mix

Shell Quest CCS plant, photo by @EarthAccounting

Dec. 3, 2025

Carney ‘Will Have To Answer’ Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says

A British Columbia Liberal MP said Wednesday Prime Minister Mark Carney “will have to answer” questions on why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits for a controversial and self-defeating form of carbon capture and storage when he signed the Alberta energy deal.

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Climate Prof Quits Carney's 'Net-Zero' Committee

04/12/25

Author:

Mitchell Beer

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The Energy Mix

Simon Donner - UBC News CC BY-NC 2.0/flickr

Dec. 3, 2025

Simon Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body

University of British Columbia climate scientist Simon Donner has resigned as co-chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body (NZAB).

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Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand leave more than 1,140 dead

01/12/25

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News Agencies

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Aljazeera

Dec. 1, 2025

Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water.

watch video here: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/1/floods-in-indonesia-sri-lanka-thailand-leave-close-to-1000-dead

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Did the climate world misread Carney?

01/12/25

Author:

John Woodside

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National Observer

Dec. 1, 2025

Mark Carney, the central banker, was the thought leader the climate movement needed: someone who could translate the reality of climate change into the language of finance. As prime minister, he is torching the country’s climate policies, while pouring government time and resources into new fossil fuel infrastructure. To state the obvious, these are not the decisions of a climate champion.

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A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit

01/12/25

Author:

Andrew Nikiforuk

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The Tyee

The plan to daily pump 1.4 million more barrels of bitumen includes expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, shown here being buried in Abbotsford, BC, in 2023. Photo by Darryl Dyck, the Canadian Press.

Dec. 1, 2025

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

Lo and behold, Prime Minister Mark Carney, a global banker, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, a petro-populist à la Donald Trump, have big energy plans for Canadians.

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The method to Mark Carney’s madness

29/11/25

Author:

Max Fawcett

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National Observer

Mark Carney's "grand bargain" with Alberta represents a big swing on an important issue for the prime minister. Photo by Natasha Bulowski

"Gripping Article/Discussion on Carney Pipeline Deal "- Gene McGuckin

Nov. 27, 2025

Liberal prime ministers aren’t supposed to get standing ovations in Calgary, much less from a room packed full of mostly-Conservative business leaders and provincial cabinet ministers who spent the better part of a decade honing their hatred of the Trudeau government. But Mark Carney, for better or worse — more on that in a moment — is clearly not your average Liberal prime minister. After all, he got two standing ovations.

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Climate Change

A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge

The ultra-sophisticated port north of Lima will revolutionize global trade, but it’s already sparking destructive new routes through the world’s most climate-critical ecosystem.

In US and UK

Carney ‘Will Have To Answer’ Questions About Flip-Flop on Tax Credit, Liberal MP Says

Simon Donner Resigns as Co-Chair of Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body

Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water.

An energy expert lays out the risks and fallacies as Canada and the world fail to face the climate crisis.

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