Robin Edger

I love the tradition of dragging the new Speaker to the chair. Nothing says “welcome to your new job” like a bit of theatrical wrestling.

We just voted and it was easy peasy lemon squeezy. No lines at all. Advance polls are open from 9 to 9 on Sunday and Monday too. Beat the rush!

🇨🇦🍃 NEW REPORT: According to a new Clean Energy Canada analysis, Canada's 10 largest non-U.S. trade partners all have net-zero commitments and carbon pricing systems, while roughly half apply carbon border adjustments on imports and have domestic EV requirements.

#cdnpoli #energytransition

How to awaken Canada’s sleeping economic giant Recent interviews with industry leaders and experts point toward 10 areas where actionable strategies are needed – and toward the sorts of policy actions that may be needed

Great nuggets in this insightful piece by @aradwanski.bsky.social, including that the energy transition “is still happening globally, despite Mr. Trump’s disinterest in it, and his administration’s antipathy […] gives Canada an opportunity.”

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

The world needs more grownups.

You gotta take away the pass. #elbowsup

Où es-tu ?

More of this energy 👇

David Olive: Canada’s tech leaders are condemning efforts to erase DEI — and that very Canadian response will help their long-term success The open letter, signed by more than 700 Canadian tech executives, marks a break between Canada and the U.S., where major corporations have scrapped or scaled back their DEI programs

Love to see this 👇

www.thestar.com/business/opi...

Aaaah, ok. That makes sense.

Did the rest of you watching the Liberal debate have audio issues on your feed at the beginning including someone laughing after Gould referenced our "own little Trump here at home,” or was that just cpac?

I live to serve.

Heisenberg and Schrodinger get pulled over for speeding.

The cop says, “Do you know how fast you were going?”

Heisenberg replies, “No, but I know exactly where I am.”

Suspicious, the cop checks the trunk and says, “Did you know there’s a dead cat back here?”

Schrodinger sighs, “Well, now we do.”

With my daughter Estella and Mark Carney, a true climate leader and the future Canada needs.

Register as a Liberal (free!) by 5 PM Monday to vote for him as leader and our next Prime Minister.

Let’s build a sustainable future: liberal.ca/register #cdnpoli #ClimateAction

Worth a read for those trying to look South and read tea leaves.

I can’t believe how often I read articles that treat softer growth in EV sales in a way that implies they are tanking, without the context of putting them up against ICE vehicle sales declines.

Electric Vehicle Sales Review Q2-2024 Strategy& and PwC Autofacts® have analyzed electric vehicle sales worldwide in the second quarter of 2024.

Any number of examples support this, but just one is that in Q2, in the top 5 European markets (FR, DE, IT, ES, UK), EV sales increased 11% YOY, whereas ICE sales fell by 2%. As a result, total electric vehicle market share has crept above the 50% mark.

www.strategyand.pwc.com/de/en/indust...

Opinion: Europe’s car battery ambitions go up in smoke. China wins again as Northvolt files for bankruptcy Northvolt was hobbled by severe production problems, a shortage of funding and skittish customers, a few of whom lost patience with the low output

You’d think EV sales are tanking in EU:

“EU EV sales are going in reverse as high prices, range anxiety, lack of charging points, waning EV purchase subsidies and a thin range of models…repel buyers.”

Actually, EV sales growth is stronger than ICE vehicles.

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

Just want all my new followers to understand how incredibly wonky and boring my contributions to your feeds will be.

Interesting design choices in JP Morgan’s Energy Supply Ratio released yesterday. Key differences from @bloomberg.com NEF’s ratio on first skim: 1) Excluding GCP financing used for other purposes; 2) Including share of Syndicated Loans & Bonds when not bookrunner: www.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...

@pjpartington.bsky.social - are you still bringing Canadian climate people over to this platform?

How hot are heat pumps, really? - 440 Megatonnes: Tracking Canada’s path to net zero Heat pumps are growing in popularity, but more needs to be done to meet Canada’s 2030 climate goals

INSIGHT: Heat pumps are hot right now, but they need to be a lot hotter to meet 🇨🇦’s emissions targets. We broke down some of the numbers to find out how to get the country’s building sector on the path to net zero. 👇 🧵
440megatonnes.ca/insight/how-...

PSA for EnergySky newbies: for your post to show up on the EnergySky feed, you must include ‘energysky’ or ‘🔌💡’ in the post.

Please reskeet for visibility as I’m seeing a lot of questions about this floating around!

Just arrived! Climate and energy transition, sustainable finance.

Thread, please!