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Getting Climate Results in Complicated Times
80% of Canadians are concerned about climate change. Only 13% see it as a top-three issue, and all those other crises aren’t going away. Time for…
Jun 14
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Mitchell Beer
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Hope Springs Up as Carney Government Delays Regulatory Rollbacks
Finally, some hope after a stormy time. And with the networks and connections we’ve built over the last few scary, intense weeks, this is just the…
Jun 6
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Alex Cool-Fergus
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May 2026
3 Steps to Blow Open Public Imagination and Meet the Climate Emergency at Speed and Scale
The vast majority of us know climate change is an emergency. A great many of us aren’t so sure what to do about it. Seth Klein says it begins with…
May 30
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Seth Klein
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Running a Half-Marathon Dressed as the Peace Tower. The End of an Extreme Global Warming Scenario. What's the Connection?
It'll take honesty, cooperation, and basic civility to get climate change under control. An MP's marathon gag was a good start. But how does that…
May 24
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Mitchell Beer
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Now What? With Carbon Pricing Eroded and Pipeline Politics Advancing, Here Are the Pathways for Climate Success
This isn’t the way most of us expected Canada’s climate conversation to go. But it’s what we’ve got—this is our “world as it is”. So what’s next?
May 16
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Mitchell Beer
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Alberta's Dead Pipeline Walking
Asia's push for energy sovereignty is about to gut Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's pipeline ambitions, and PM Mark Carney's apparent interest in…
May 9
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Markham Hislop
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On On Oil (Not a Typo)
Don Gillmor's essay is well worth a read.
May 3
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Alex Cool-Fergus
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April 2026
Does Earth Day Still Matter?
Boomers are retiring. Should Earth Day, too? Has it just become 'social wallpaper' like International Grilled Cheese Month and National Hairball…
Apr 26
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Climate Comms Alliance
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‘Canada Is Cool Again’: So Where’s our *Clean* Investment Summit?
PM Mark Carney is inviting 100 of the world’s top investors to funnel $1 trillion into Canada over the next five years. Their energy choices will…
Apr 19
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Mitchell Beer
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The Climate-Denying Conspiracy Theorist Who Gets Everything Else Right
To someone who sees climate science as a global conspiracy, it looks like a threat when investors begin to factor in the risks. For the rest of us, it…
Apr 11
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Mitchell Beer
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It Wasn't the Carbon Tax After All
The energy transition was already speeding up. The fossil industry was already losing ground. The geopolitical moment we're in is set to speed things…
Apr 4
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Alex Cool-Fergus
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March 2026
An Energy War is Raging. The Last Thing Canada Needs is More Fossil Fuel Production.
The Middle East war is the excuse du jour for new oil and gas exports. But with the energy shock driving importing countries to ditch fossil fuels…
Mar 29
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Mitchell Beer
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