"SMRs cannot be built in time to help meet Ontario’s 2030 emission targets. Worse, by betting on them, Ontario Power Gen has committed to making Ontario’s electricity grid dirtier." #cdnpoli #onpoli #ONclimate policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-…

Opinion: When Glencore spins off Teck’s dirty coal, it also spins off the cleanup to taxpayers. (BTW, it will be the same for the tar sands, LNG facilities, etc. etc. It's just that coal will be the first to go) theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…

Exciting news! Canada is showing leadership with the passage of the Sustainable Jobs Act, Bill C-50. This legislation requires govt to equip workers and communities impacted by the energy transition with the tools they need to thrive in the green economy. #Cndpoli 1/

This is why the idea of decarbonizing oil and gas production is a complete joke.

"Enbridge benefits as its pipeline network grows and the price is borne by all customers. They subsidize the Enbridge expansion, rather than the company paying the cost itself. And it locks in more fossil fuel infrastructure" #onpoli The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

"If you want to be advertising and touting some green credentials, then those credentials need to be substantiated. You need to have some evidence to show that this is actually what's happening. You can't just be talking about it," cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

Here's my months-long investigation into Enbridge's influence in Ontario for The Narwhal & The Local Magazine. It shows Enbridge is fighting the inevitable shift away from fossil fuels by doubling down on natural gas at the local level. thenarwhal.ca/ontario-enbrid…

This is a 🤯 story by Matt Simmons & Mike De Souza about corporate influence over climate policy. It has audio of a TC energy official & former BC NDP staffer claiming the company shifted Premier David Eby's views. The official resigned. A watchdog is probing thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-leak…

The transition to electric cars is changing the global auto industry, and growing competition is helping push prices down Chinese companies accounted for over half of global sales in 2023. In conventional cars, China has a much smaller market share ➡️ iea.li/45taONk

I don't *think* this is news...

NEW | Canada is pushing ahead with new gas extraction and LNG export terminals, despite falling global gas demand. This strategy comes with risks like 💰 volatile energy costs 🏭 stranded assets 🌎 undermining climate goals ember-climate.org/insights/in-br…

Boo Enbridge Gas!

"New nuclear costs 2.3 to 7.4 x those of onshore wind or utility PV per kWh, take 5-17 y longer between planning and operation, and produce 9-37 s the emissions/kWh as wind" Despite these facts, industry cheerleaders keep pushing wasteful nuclear progressive.org/magazine/the-n…

Folks, Ontario’s gas is fracked! Like 90 % of it. Fracking uses chemicals like PFAS, is linked to earthquakes, and releases massive amounts of fugitive #methane emissions, supercharging climate heating. Gas isn’t clean and it ain’t low carbon. #onpoli environmentaldefence.ca/2024/08/07/new…

But surely this isn’t the case in Canada? nationalobserver.com/2024/08/08/new…

Our strategy of reducing emissions but not fossil fuel production isn’t working - important read from ⁦Tzeporah Berman⁩ theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them. Via Streetsblog USA usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/pro…

I wonder if Doug Ford has ever seen this image?