I work for an NGO so we are always asking for money!
I work for an NGO so we are always asking for money!
When I worked with Matthew at the Mowat Centre (RIP), he was always able to explain things very clearly -- annoyingly even things I wrote! This is a fantastic explainer about the how Canadas can improve its productivity
I biked yesterday in Toronto. It wasn't too bad -- except for random massive snow piles blocking bike lanes. Somehow over two weeks out from the storm they can't clear even downtown bike lanes
I tried to ride the Sherbourne bike lane this morning. Same, and I had to bike in the car lane. Yet they are clearing snow for parking in the Beaches.... Downtown bike lanes should be a priority!
Apparently the best cities to live in Canada, according to the Globe and Mail, and not diverse suburbs where you have to drive everywhere www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Or roughly 80 solar panels, totalling 28 kW :-)
"Could" is doing a lot of work here, and is assuming a whole hell of a lot www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
The energy transition - a decade of revolution.
The brilliant Chris Nelder talks to Daan Walter and me about the dramatic changes in energy over the last decade. This is the whole story on a podcast folks, and congratulations to Chris for ten years of amazing work.
xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
Welcome to Toronto! Great to see there will be more good people writing about energy and the environment here.
One of the most interesting threads every year!
The #PragmaticClimateReset is a two part-essay calling for a reset in our approach to climate action. Part I shows why narratives trumpeting the failure of efforts to date are wrong. Part II says that, nevertheless, the climate community now needs to change its approach. 1/n
"This is, in many ways, the dynamic that defines reactionary centrism: the right must be understood, but never blamed. The left can be blamed, but need not be understood."
Very, very good piece, highly recommended. This is the dominant ideological tendency in the US elite today and it is *toxic*.
The far right is laying yet another culture war climate trap
In a warming world they want climate hawks to deny the sweaty masses air conditioning
My latest on how we turn culture war from threat to opportunity with Heat Pump Populism and AC for all
heatmap.news/ideas/heat-p...
Knock-knock! Anyone here?
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
Yes! Thank you very much. Just in time for holiday reading!
Alas no... :-(
Nothing better than a market design paper! Any chance for that author gift link for us poor NGO types?
Bloody hell. This is embarassing
China added 198 GW of solar and 46 GW of wind in the first six months on 2025! To put that into context, Canada only has 152 GW of TOTAL generating capacity www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Don't tell them! They might legislate against it if they realize
Or it could be people still settling into the market. Iβll give it time and see how it works
The full story if interested www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
I understand how he feels
TANK vs TESLA
"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"
- β WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
Happy new Ontario electricity market day for those who are celebrating!
This has always been the conundrum of the left. It is rooted in the economics of a (shrinking) white working class manual labour, but culturally grounded in metropolitan progressives. Bridging this divide in a way that builds solidarity rather than pitting them against each other is the holy grail
Canada -- it's election day. If you don't vote, you will still have the right to complain, but other people also will also have the right to complain about you.
Give me more charts!
Unclear. I am guessing from scrapping some of the incentives that are part of the plan (such as SREPs and ITC), same with revenue from scrapping the ZEV mandate