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Is That All There Is? Ottawa Loses the Thread on Two Big Climate Promises
If this is the best climate policy we can hope for, is it any wonder people have stopped expecting governments to deliver? It’s time to break through…
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Mitchell Beer
A Least-Cost Energy Strategy Sounds Boring. Or Wonky. But It Could Be All of Everything.
Getting climate change under control is about safety, health, ecosystems, justice, and so much more. But the quickest route to the heart of the matter…
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Mitchell Beer

June 2024

What Now? What's Next?
The week saw tectonic shifts in national politics in Canada and the United States. Suddenly, climate plans are at risk across most of North…
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Mitchell Beer
Zero Corporate Responsibility
Shell's reckless practices in the Niger Delta are the "ultimate exploitation", says whistleblower and former safety consultant Caroline Dennett. But…
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Caroline Dennett
Coming Soon: It’s Game Over for Big Oil
The fossil fuel industries are edging toward their terminal decline. But they aren’t going to go easily, and some of the world’s most vulnerable…
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Mitchell Beer
Climate Survivors on Parliament Hill: Can a Least-Cost Strategy Bring Conservatives Onboard?
This week Ottawa heard the voices of Canadians who’ve lived climate change first hand. If this government is in its dying days, who will translate the…
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Mitchell Beer
With Polarization Running Wild, Let’s Restart the Climate Conversation from the Ground Up
Support for climate action is slipping as affordability issues seize public attention and populist politicians pounce. When we address them hand in…
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Mitchell Beer
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May 2024

18% of Canadians Are Boycotting Loblaws. Where’s the Pressure Point on Climate Change?
The Loblaws boycott has been running for less than a month, but it's spreading like wildfire. Why is it doing so well, and what can the climate…
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Mitchell Beer
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Canadians Aren’t Listening to Climate Messaging? Maybe It’s Time to Listen Back.
A deep affordability crisis plus relentless misinformation from the fossil industry are driving climate change lower on the public opinion radar. Where…
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Mitchell Beer
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‘Hopeless, Broken’ Climate Scientists Deliver a Call to Action for Everyone
Global heating has brought us to an alarming moment, and climate scientists are doing their jobs by saying so. Doubling and tripling down, not giving…
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Mitchell Beer
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Plastics Treaty Talks Sideline Youth Voices as Countries ‘Negotiate Our Future’
This week, The Energy Mix Weekender is passing the mic to Suzanna Schofield, a student at Wellesley College in Massachusetts who was here in Ottawa late…
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Mitchell Beer
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April 2024

On Chornobyl Anniversary, Time to Celebrate Canada’s Not-the-Nuclear Lobby
It’s been 38 years since the Chornobyl nuclear plant exploded in Ukraine. Now we’re coping with an explosion of hype and exaggeration about new nuclear…
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Mitchell Beer
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