Aaron Freeman
@aaronfreemanca.bsky.social
Policy expert & Clean50 Award recipient with 30+ years advancing energy and environmental solutions and building environmental leadership. GreenPAC founder, author, and former Sr. Advisor to Ontario Premier. Policy. Politics. Planet 🌎
Ford's bike lane removal likely to make Toronto traffic worse, more dangerous: analysis www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/01/n...
Ford's bike lane removal likely to make Toronto traffic worse, more dangerous: analysis
A clearer picture of Toronto’s cycling network, shaped by expert interviews and a Canada’s National Observer analysis of City of Toronto documents, suggests the Ford government’s move to rip bike…
nationalobserver.com
It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change www.motherjones.com/environment/...
It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
motherjones.com
Many of the key projects, such as the 413 Highway, 404-400 Highway Bradford Bypass and the Pickering B nuclear plant refurbishment, have previously been assessed by the province itself as unnecessary and uneconomic. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/01/o...
The ballooning costs of Ford’s infrastructure strategy raise troubling questions
None of the projects in the Ontario government's growing infrastructure portfolio has been subject to any meaningful form of public assessment or review.
nationalobserver.com
MapQuest finds its way back to prominence thanks to uproar over Google Maps decision www.nationalobserver.com/2026/08/30/n...
MapQuest finds its way back to prominence thanks to uproar over Google Maps decision
MapQuest is currently the number one navigation app — and among the most popular apps overall — after Google renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America on its Maps platform.
nationalobserver.com
‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks
Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas
theguardian.com
Indigenous-Led Alliance to Deliver Arctic -Secured Energy Systems Across Canada's North www.newsfilecorp.com/release/309435
Indigenous-Led Alliance to Deliver Arctic -Secured Energy Systems Across Canada's North
Fort Liard, Northwest Territories and Mill Bay, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - August 13, 2026) - Acho Dene Koe First Nation,...
newsfilecorp.com
Why Soil Carbon Is The Real Fuel Behind Canada’s Wildfires www.forbes.com/sites/philde...
Why Soil Carbon Is The Real Fuel Behind Canada’s Wildfires
New research reveals that 76% of Canada's wildfire emissions come from soil carbon, reshaping how we think about wildfire smoke, climate change, and forest management.
forbes.com
Batteries have unlocked the era of anytime solar | Ember ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Batteries have unlocked the era of anytime solar | Ember
Solar hit a record 10% of global electricity in the first half 2026, a quarter at midday and near zero at night. Now, battery storage is unlocking the next stage of solar growth in the non-sunny…
ember-energy.org
New Meta data centre could add up to $460 a year to Albertans’ electricity bills due to government policy Alberta’s data centre policy leaves consumers exposed to electricity market pressures as data centre industry grows www.pembina.org/pub/footing-...
Footing the Bill | Pembina Institute
New analysis from the Pembina Institute estimates that between 2027 and 2031 an average Albertan household is at risk of paying an additional $267 to $462 per year for electricity once the new Meta…
pembina.org
Solar delivers as Europe’s power plants struggle amid heat and drought www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
Solar delivers as Europe’s power plants struggle amid heat and drought
Extreme weather spiked power demand just as nuclear, gas, and coal plants had to reduce their output. Solar and batteries helped keep people cool.
canarymedia.com
Coal will cost Saskatchewan tens of billions more than natural gas or renewables: Burning Questions | Pembina Institute www.pembina.org/pub/burning-...
Burning Questions | Pembina Institute
Saskatchewan, much like the rest of Canada, is confronting important questions about how it will expand and strengthen its electricity system. With some of the best wind and solar resources in…
pembina.org
Unpaid rents, unpaid municipal taxes, and orphan well cleanup costs - Alberta taxpayers are getting stuck with tens of millions of dollars’ worth of costs from bad actors in the oil and gas sector, according to a new report from the Pembina Institute www.pembina.org/pub/unpaid-b...
Unpaid Bills | Pembina Institute
Albertans are at risk of being left an increasing bill for obligations taken on by oil and gas companies: for cleaning up their production sites and for rent and taxes owed. Companies are legally…
pembina.org
A party that cannot resist a fake storyline is showing the country how it would weigh evidence in a real crisis. Sharan Kaur: The smearing of a departing Liberal MP reveals a toxic political playbook buff.ly/ue6O5N4
Sharan Kaur: The smearing of a departing Liberal MP reveals a toxic political playbook
Political strategist Sharan Kaur condemns some Conservative MPs for amplifying a false and racially tinged conspiracy theory about departing Liberal MP Shaun Chen.
ctvnews.ca
Reducing congestion can only be done by building transit. But Ontario pays 15X what it used to (adjusting for inflation) and what it costs in other cities like Montreal. "This is 100% on Mr. Ford and his Conservative government. They own the bus, and they’re the ones driving it." buff.ly/eVjUtBA
Opinion: Years behind schedule and $23-billion over budget: Meet Doug Ford’s flagship transit project
The province is to blame for the rising costs but the taxpayers will pay for it when there’s less money for health, education and other priorities
theglobeandmail.com
China exported $3 million of solar panels to Cuba in 2023, then $117 million in 2025. Cuba has installed around 1 gigawatt in the past year. Renewable energy now makes up roughly 10% of Cuba’s electricity, up from around 3% in 2024, which will rise to at least 24% by 2030. buff.ly/yR6R7wC
As the US starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
Cuba is struggling with nationwide blackouts as the US’s effective oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. But the crisis may accelerate its clean energy revolution
cnn.com
They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill' grist.org/energy/recor...
They're making record profits, but oil companies still won't 'drill, baby, drill'
The war in the Middle East has sent Big Oil’s profits soaring. Companies are pocketing the money rather than expanding drilling.
grist.org
Why it takes more than twice as long to build natural gas plants compared to renewables + storage : Siemens’ gas turbine backlog nears 70 GW as company expands manufacturing buff.ly/Rq25VxK
Siemens’ gas turbine backlog nears 70 GW as company expands manufacturing
The company booked 15 GW in new orders this quarter, executives said, with lead times running three years or more. It also plans to expand its transformer manufacturing capacity 50% by 2030.
utilitydive.com
Trump’s war on offshore wind is robbing a generation of workers www.canarymedia.com/articles/off...
Trump’s war on offshore wind is robbing a generation of workers
Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust, leaving workers to mourn good-paying jobs that may never…
canarymedia.com
Scoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US newsletter.cleanview.co/p/scoop-amaz...
Scoop: Amazon Is Behind One of the Largest Planned Gas Power Plants in the US
The company confirmed to Cleanview that it acquired the GW Ranch site in West Texas, where a 7.65 GW gas plant will power its first off-grid AI data center
newsletter.cleanview.co
We're desperate for new electricity sources, with a doubling of forecast supply to meet electrification needs. Yet Trump - and Doug Ford in Ontario - prefer ideology to economics. Ford cancelled 750 renewable projects, costing taxpayers $200M in decommissioning costs. buff.ly/VUZLMgx
Trump administration to pay German firm to halt US wind projects
The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.
bbc.com
Canada is burning. Why won’t CBC tell us why? ricochet.media/media/canada...
Canada is burning. Why won’t CBC tell us why?
When the public broadcaster reports on wildfires, heat, and extreme weather without connecting the dots to fossil fuels, it leaves Canadians without the context they need to understand the crisis…
ricochet.media
Farmers who signed large-scale solar leases were three times more likely to say they’ll use the revenue from solar to invest in their farms than to reduce operations. Nearly half of the farmers with leases said they did not plan to change their agricultural practices at all.
Solar’s threat to NYS agriculture may be overstated | Cornell Chronicle
New York state farmers with solar leases say they’ll use the added revenue to invest in their farms, with many stating they don't plan to change their agricultural practices at all.
news.cornell.edu
TD says even the best case scenario for an oil pipeline is quite financially risky. If industry wants to take this risk, that's their bet, but any public subsidies are a terrible deal for taxpayers. economics.td.com/ca-pipeline-...
Pipelines and Pathways: Canada’s Energy Bargain Takes Shape
Pipelines and Pathways: Canada’s Energy Bargain Takes Shape
economics.td.com
As concern about climate change rebounds, one-in-six 2025 Liberal voters are migrating – for now – to the NDP - Angus Reid Institute
As concern about climate change rebounds, one-in-six 2025 Liberal voters are migrating – for now – to the NDP - Angus Reid Institute
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Today would have been the 68th Birthday of Terry Fox, a true Canadian icon.
Thoughtful piece on the "Condo Bail-out": If it is delivered with discipline—acquisition below replacement cost—it deserves support. If government pays above market, buys units that don’t serve middle-income buyers, or protects developers over public value—it should be condemned. buff.ly/K3X3ddY
Don’t Call It a Condo Bailout. It’s Rent-to-Own and It Can Work | The Tyee
If it’s done right, BC’s government can play a key role in helping working people afford a home.
thetyee.ca
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest
Oil Firms Knew for Decades of Methane’s Danger to Planet, Documents Suggest
The companies knew they were releasing more of the greenhouse gas than they publicly reported, according to industry files cited by the Center for Climate Integrity, an activist organization.
nytimes.com
Before more public money flows into LNG governments should account for who, in the actual buying countries, will still be there to take the gas a decade from now. buff.ly/wVR9zR5
Canada commits public money to LNG infrastructure as Asian demand turns - The Hill Times
Before more public money flows into LNG export terminals, LNG-fuelled vessels, or the bunkering infrastructure linking them, the committee, the federal institutions extending credit and guarantees,…
hilltimes.com
This. This is the correct, science-backed, responsible framing. Wish more news outlets did it like the CBC.
'Just stop burning fossil fuels.' Scientists stress that our smoky skies only have one true fix | CBC News
Smoky skies in Toronto have led to new scrutiny of government efforts to fight fires and manage forests. But scientists say the realistic way to tackle the smoke is fighting climate change itself.
cbc.ca
