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Decision Time: One Energy Path Brings Carney the Big Wins He Needs. The Other One Doesn't.
There's still a lot of fog around Mark Carney's climate and energy strategy. It's creating anxiety in all directions. He needs to get this right, and…
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Mitchell Beer
Sovereignty, Security, Sustainability: Say One Thing, Do the Other
When provincial climate policy becomes a performance piece, why should we expect words to mean what they're supposed to? When it all goes wrong, they'll…
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Mitchell Beer
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Don’t Be Thrown Off by Danielle Smith’s Latest Bluster. We Can’t Afford the Distraction.
The Alberta Premier's post-election taunts made Pierre Poilievre look gracious by contrast. Her latest ultimatum to the rest of Canada wastes valuable…
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Mitchell Beer
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April 2025

Trump is Serious About Annexing Canada. How Will Climate and Energy Policy Bring Us the Allies We Need?
Canada might yet place itself at the centre of the world's next great, low-carbon trading bloc, as long as our incoming federal government has the…
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Mitchell Beer
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Carney’s ‘Canada Strong’ Rally Taps Into Today’s Existential Crisis, Sets the Tone for the Next One
With the polls closing in eight days, we took a long weekend road trip to staid, suburban Ottawa. A boisterous Mark Carney rally had the spirit but not…
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Mitchell Beer
On Climate and Energy, Canada Needs Pragmatics, Not Performance Pieces
Both major federal parties say they’ll get stuff done on energy. But in a climate emergency amplified by the rogue regime in the White House, we need…
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Mitchell Beer
The World Will Move On from Trump Tariffs. How Should a New Trading Bloc Show Up on Energy and Climate?
The “EU + 6”. The “Free 7”. Trump is the biggest loser, and the U.S. will hurt first and worst, as countries scramble for a saner global economy.
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Mitchell Beer
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March 2025

#TBT Low-Carbon Trade is Canada’s Trump Card Over Trump
Trump is known for always, always overplaying his hand. This time, his non-stop bullying and intimidation might prod other countries into the low-carbon…
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Mitchell Beer
#TBT Low-Carbon Trade is Canada’s Trump Card Over Trump
Trump is known for always, always overplaying his hand. This time, his non-stop bullying and intimidation might prod other countries into the low-carbon…
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Mitchell Beer
More Landmines? New Pipelines? Panic Reactions Won’t Help Us Against Trump
Weakening the global landmine treaty to hold off Putin is a panic response, just like building new pipelines in Canada to hold off Trump. That makes oil…
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Mitchell Beer
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A Least-Cost Energy Strategy Would Bring Carney’s Climate Policy Home
One question would point Prime Minister Mark Carney and his new cabinet to the answers they need on energy, affordability, and the community solidarity…
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Mitchell Beer
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Quicker, Smaller, Better: A Fork in the Road That Delivers a Clean Energy Future
This post includes a link to sign the Pledge for Canada and stand up for the sovereign country we want, with the clean, decarbonized energy system we…
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Mitchell Beer
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