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Varcoe: 'A very simple message': Canadian Natural defers spending on major oilsands proposal, ahead of April 1 deadline on MOU Canada's largest oilsands producers are in negotiations with governments on their own MOU surrounding the Pathways carbon capture network.

"We don’t think it’s a good idea to have carbon tax, carbon cost, on top of the capital & operating expenditures." Oil sands giant plays hardball to kill industrial carbon price & methane regulation parts of MOU ahead of April 1 deadline (but still get a pipeline):
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70% of Canadians would rather be a renewable energy superpower than a fossil fuel one

Very likely true for most countries...even the U.S.

See our statement on today's announcement between 10 provinces and territories on electricity 📣

Honestly, it's fantastic to see this level of collaboration on building out Canada's electricity

#cdnpoli #electricity #EnergySky #onpoli
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PRESS RELEASE: As oil prices spike due to the US bombing Iran, Alberta needs a windfall profits tax on big oil companies EDMONTON – As global oil prices spike because of the American and Israeli war on Iran, the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling on the Government of Alberta to adopt a windfall profits tax on...

Alberta Federation of Labour: As oil prices spike due to the US bombing Iran, Alberta needs a windfall profits tax on big oil companies afl.org/press-releas...

AB Premier says conflict in Iran underscores need for new pipeline: @greenpeaceca.bsky.social says it'll boost oil profits in short term, but it sends message to oil importers to double down on renewables to escape "brutal geopolitics of fossil fuel dependency"
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“Asian policymakers will look at this and be less encouraged to go down the gas route,” said Kingsmill Bond, an energy strategist at the think tank Ember in London. “The longer this conflict lasts, the higher the pressure will be to find alternative solutions.”

As Iran Crisis Upends Oil and Gas, Clean Energy Gets Complicated Higher fossil fuel prices could make green alternatives more attractive, but harder to deploy.

High oil & gas prices make solar panels, heat pumps & other tech that lowers reliance on fossil fuels more attractive, but could drive up inflation & thus interest rates so it becomes more expensive to deploy capital-up-front renewables
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Greenpeace response to strikes on Iran by the US and Israel - Greenpeace International Greenpeace International is deeply concerned by the joint military strike on Iran by the US and Israel.

Military strikes on Iran by the US and Israel will only deepen suffering and risk spiralling violence.

Civilians and the climate must not pay the price for political power plays.

All parties must de-escalate and choose diplomacy.

#Iran

Any country that doesn’t produce its own oil keeps getting more and more incentive to accelerate the shift to renewables, even if it couldn’t care less about climate change.

1/7 BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million.

This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵

Carney Allowed Gas-Powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.

Here's who actually benefits from AI data centers: natural gas companies.

@desmog.com analyzed records showing the gas generator Capital Power lobbied Canada's Mark Carney government 37 times in the lead-up to a policy shift allowing huge gas-powered data centers.

www.desmog.com/2026/02/25/c...

We're calling on the federal government to get fossils OUT of the picture ❌⛽and invest in a resilient, people- and nature-centred future for Canada — powered by renewables. ⚡🌿
Add your voice: dsfdn.org/RejectABsPip...

So say we all (yes, I am doing a re-watch of Battlestar Galactica with eldest child).

Update: Bill C-12 could usher in a Trump-style approach to immigrants, refugees and migrants in Canada. Will Canada follow Trump’s America into an abyss of fear, hate and immigration raids? The Senate could decide.

Can the Senate fix the (worst) problems with Bill C-12, so it doesn't usher in a Trump-style approach to immigrants, refugees and migrants in Canada? via @greenpeaceca.bsky.social www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/st...

US Supreme Court to hear Exxon and Suncor bid to toss Boulder's climate suit WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The U. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a bid by ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy to scuttle a lawsuit brought ‌by officials in Boulder, Colorado that seeks to hold th...

Bad news because it's Trump's Supreme Court, but a Q for legal eagles: Suncor & Exxon have argued Boulder's lawsuit would illegally interfere w/ federal regulation ‌of GHGs under the Clean Air Act, but then what is impact of elimination of endangerment finding? www.aol.com/articles/us-...

Suncor asks Trump's Supreme Court to get them out of having to face the consequences of their actions.

Looks like the Senate is doing it's job of 'sober second thought.' The existing bill is a Trump-ian overreach which asks us to take on faith that no future government would use the blanket powers it bestows (and if that is so, why grant powers in the first place?)

Maple MAGA alert: Trump 2028, Stop the Invasion and Mass Deportations Now all in one shot

Better shot

Trump 2028 sign welcomed at the "Canada First" rally.

The Canada First people aren't trying to hide their MAGA agenda

A lot of love in the signs at the anti-hate rally in Toronto today, where we again outnumber the "Canada First" maple-MAGA crowd

Alberta First Nations challenge MOU: "The Nations have tried to engage with Canada on Pathways since 2023 to ensure that the risks of carbon storage in such close proximity to their communities are thoroughly studied & understood. Those efforts have been ignored."
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Federal Judge Blocks Texas Law Targeting Critics of Fossil Fuels

Very big win here. A federal judge says it's just fine for funds and pension plans to boycott fossil fuels
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/c...

Anybody know why Canada Proud hasn't run any Facebook or Instagram ads in 2026? They usually spend $15K/month @readtheorchard.org @lukelebrun.ca @rachelgilmore.bsky.social @geoffdembicki.bsky.social

Armoured Vehicles for ICE, Arms for Israel: the Loophole Challenging Canada’s “Peacekeeping” Identity Last week, Canadians were shocked to learn that armoured vehicles built by a company headquartered in Ontario are being rushed to the U.S. for ICE tactical operations —

Can the new defence strategy include closing the Canada-US loophole enabling arms parts and explosives to travel un-permitted and untracked to the US where they then end up in Israel for use on Palestinians?

And also – for use by ICE.

👉 #CloseTheLoopholes

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Oh for a world where right wing movements weren't so extreme in their racism (yet still platformed) that I didn't have to agree with Jason Kenney.

This is incredible

Scotiabank's 1832 Asset Management sells last shares in Israeli military supplier Regulatory filings show that Scotiabank's 1832 Asset Management has sold its remaining holdings in Israeli defence manufacturer Elbit Systems Ltd.

Victory for the Canadian protesters - authors included - who put their livelihoods on the line. montreal.citynews.ca/2026/02/16/s...