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Geological Carbon Storage: Massive Scale, Hidden Risks, Eternal Monitoring
Carbon storage is a dodgy, leaky practice in simpler settings like depleted oil wells. It's a disaster waiting to happen if it scales up, costing…
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Mitchell Beer
G7 Summit Positions Carney to Lead on the Wrong Crisis
Canada is stepping into a leadership role at the G7 summit in Kananaskis June 15-17. But don't expect leadership on climate change. At least, not yet.
June 5 was Environment Day. Ironically. And Manitoba is Burning.
Wildfire smoke is still deadly, even when you can afford three air purifiers for one home. Not everyone is so lucky. To stop the forests from burning…
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Diane Beckett
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Will a Future of Wildfires Be Mark Carney’s Nation-Building Legacy?
Carney can still create a 'put up or shut up' moment for the fossil lobbyists pressing him to abandon environmental assessment and Indigenous rights…
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Mitchell Beer

May 2025

Climeworks, Direct Air Capture, and the Brutal Reality of Pulling Carbon from the Sky
The poor performance of the Climeworks direct air capture plant in Iceland should be a turning point. Not just for one company, but for an entire class…
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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
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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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