The Energy Mix Weekender

Donald Trump vs. The World

How far will Trump have to overplay his hand before the rest of us can get back to the real emergencies on the agenda, beginning with climate change…

Jan 11 • Mitchell Beer

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Lesson from Venezuela: Carney Must Make 2026 the Year of Real Security

Day 3 of the new year and we already knew the mission, even before Trump bombed Caracas. Canada stood strong against annexation in 2025. In 2026…

Jan 3 • Mitchell Beer

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December 2025

How Donald Trump Will Come After Canada Next: With Corporate Lobbyists

Trump aims to leverage private sector power over other nations, especially through the tech and oil and gas sectors that are at the centre of Canada's…

Dec 20, 2025 • Conor Curtis

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Vox Pop Policy-Making

Climate isn’t at the top of the public policy agenda. It rarely has been. That didn’t stop us from getting the Paris Agreement done 10 years ago. It…

Dec 13, 2025 • Alex Cool-Fergus

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Where Are the Customers? Why the Idea of a Pipeline to Asia Is Built on a Fantasy

Asia is electrifying. It doesn't need or want Alberta's ultra heavy sour crude.

Dec 6, 2025 • Markham Hislop

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November 2025

Separatists Boo Smith While the Clueless Bros Pitch a Pipeline

With so little logic behind the Carney-Smith agreement, the unasked question is whether anyone is sweating the details or knows what they’re doing. If…

Nov 30, 2025 • Mitchell Beer

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No, Prime Minister

PM Mark Carney is slow-walking climate action while further entrenching Canada in fossil fuel dependence. He also needs the votes to pass his budget…

Nov 15, 2025 • Alex Cool-Fergus

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Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland Puts #ElbowsUp for Climate Action

Mayors and councillors are looking for nation-building projects that support a strong economy and protect Canadian sovereignty, without the climate…

Nov 9, 2025

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Beyond Thoughts and Prayers: Horrific Images of Hurricane Melissa Connect Climate Change with Fossil Industry’s Stranglehold

Thoughts and prayers ring hollow when your home has been destroyed by a Category 5 hurricane made four times more likely by climate change. New…

Nov 1, 2025 • Alex Cool-Fergus

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October 2025

Trump’s Tariff Temper Tantrum Tells Us Which Nation-Building Projects Canada Needs

There's a big gap in PM Mark Carney's climate competitiveness strategy. Municipal leaders in the #ElbowsUp for Climate coalition have got him covered.

Oct 26, 2025 • Mitchell Beer

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To Tackle Climate Change, Which Is More Important: Words or Actions?

We do need climate results, not just targets. But what if the debate over language and targets is impeding the wider common ground we'll need to…

Oct 12, 2025 • Mitchell Beer

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Danielle Smith Channels Trudeau to Tout Pipeline to Nowhere

The Alberta premier is putting taxpayers’ money on the line to push a climate bomb of a pipeline toward the finish line. Who does that remind you of…

Oct 5, 2025 • Mitchell Beer

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