At long last, our peer reviewed paper in Energy Science and Engineering has been published. Want to find out what's wrong with putting H2 into the natural gas system? Look no further...scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/es…

"It’s all related: increasing temperatures lead to disasters that destroy habitats, and losing nature means our world is less resilient to extreme weather when it strikes." John Woodside nationalobserver.com/2024/08/22/new… #ClimateCrisis #COP16Colombia

Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Watakhayetsxw says a road on her territory has been closed to trucks involved in the PRGT fracked gas pipeline and Ksi Lisims LNG terminal. Yesterday land defenders burned the Pipeline Benefits Agreement. Read more at pbicanada.org/2024/08/23/git… #AbolishCIRG

Some really huge details on Chris Rufo in this story from John Woodside. "In an interview with Politico...he bragged he was able to “smuggle” his far-right views into the mainstream media by “shaming and bullying” colleagues in journalism." More here: nationalobserver.com/2024/08/01/new…

Holy Crackerjacks! In just *5 days* Canada's total wildfire area has grown by more than 700,000 hectares🤯 2024 is now the *fourth* worst fire season in CIFFC's record. If another 406,000 hectares burn it will move into third place. John Vaillant John Woodside CBC What on Earth

New from me & Cloe Logan: Trudeau’s decision to slap Chinese EV manufacturers with new tariffs will slow the adoption of electric vehicle sales in Canada, jeopardizing climate goals and making it more expensive for consumers, say experts. nationalobserver.com/2024/08/27/new…

🚨UPDATE: SunLife and CPKC no longer appear on the sponsor page for this event -- joining Mastercard and Bruce Power who dropped off yesterday. The event features a talk from a U.S. culture w*r provocateur who made it trend to oppose learning about racism. Yowza!

“Despite all the banks assessed having made long-term, net zero commitments in 2021, and [having] adopted power sector-specific interim targets since, most have shown no real progress." Important new analysis by Investors for Paris Compliance

Seems the Canada Strong & Free Network is scrambling to rally support. This comes after we (Canada's National Observer) broke the story weeks ago about Rufo coming to Red Deer, and Rachel Gilmore's recent coverage/questions to sponsors. Read the original piece here: nationalobserver.com/2024/08/01/new…

There's a piece going around arguing that climate disinformation isn't a serious obstacle to climate action. IMO it rests on several incorrect premises, so I wrote a response. If you saw Holly Jean Buck's piece, I hope you'll take a look at this, too. 1/19 jacobin.com/2024/08/climat…

A "kill zone" around carbon capture infrastructure exists. If something goes wrong and you're exposed to concentrated CO2 it's like being suffocated by a ghost. Can’t see it, can’t smell it- the only way to tell you’re poisoned is because you can't breathe nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/ana…

“If deaths continue at this rate – about 23,000 a month – there would be an additional 149,500 deaths by the end of the year. Using the method, the total deaths since the conflict began would be estimated at about 335,500 in total.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

My paper on LNG exports from US is now accepted for publication. GHG emissions from LNG are 33% greater than for coal. Preprint available at research.howarthlab.org/publications/H…

“When carbon dioxide pipelines fail, they can fail catastrophically.” Well thank goodness Canada isn’t in the top 3 global financiers of carbon capture projects and also lacks provincial or federal safety regulations for CO2 pipelines… oh wait 🙃 nationalobserver.com/2024/08/30/ana…

Expected new tariffs on Chinese goods is "part of the attempt to have a Cold War with China, and Chrystia Freeland is clearly in that camp." nationalobserver.com/2024/09/11/new…