Alberta is becoming the Wild West of the data centre boom. But with Alberta's limited electricity generation - read: its ban on wind and solar - along with other factors, consumers could be stuck with the sky-high bill. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/07/20/a...

Alberta electricity industry expects tripling of power prices from data centres

In Capital Power's latest earnings call, the company's CEO, Avik Dey, told analysts that he couldn't rule out prices of "$80 or $90" per megawatt hour of electricity by early 2028. By 2029, rival comp...

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From Pew Research. The election of Trump has amounted to catastrophic self-harm by the American electorate.

When Donald Trump says the oil and gas industry is making too much money, they must be making a lot of money. It's almost as if Trump is advocating for a windfall profits tax... www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump accuses oil companies of ‘making too much money’ from his war on Iran

US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’

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The federal government has been backsliding on climate change, wildfires are raging, and the public has connected the dots. Will this be the moment when Canadians start demanding more from their leaders? www.theenergymix.com/summer-of-wi...

Summer of Wildfires Drives 50% Rise in Canadians’ Climate Concern, Prompts Shift for Some Liberal Voters

The proportion of Canadians who identify environment and climate change as a top-three concern has jumped 50% in the last four months, from 14 to 21%, as a summer of epic wildfires, heat domes, and fl...

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I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.

Carbon capture and storage is the Hail Mary pass of the oil and gas industry (and Canada's climate plans). If it works, it could mean something like business as usual for oil companies, even as we tackle climate change. But how well does it actually work? www.carbonbrief.org/qa-does-the-...

Radical times may require radical measures. "To safeguard its political and economic future, Europe needs to accept that the US’s environmental war must be met with an economic response – coordinated with other actors, including China." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Europe is burning – and if Trump’s war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst

The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course, says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst

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Climate inaction costs lives and grinds down the economy. Check out these new numbers from @climateinstitute.bsky.social. When it comes to wildfires, the acute damages are massively outweighed by chronic costs - as in, sick Canadians who are dying earlier.

Heat waves and smoke-filled skies are part of the reason why the WHO declared the climate crisis the leading public health threat of the 21st century. We need political leadership to turn away from the coal, oil and gas that fuel this crisis. www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

Canada’s summer of peril: Heat waves and wildfires escalate public health crisis

High temperatures and wildfire smoke put Canadians at risk, highlighting urgent climate change impacts on health and safety across the country.

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Fascinating polling from Angus Reid. Concern for climate is rebounding and is chewing into Carney's lead. We need to see all parties racing to the top on climate change. It's time to stop scraping the bottom of the barrel.

In case you missed it, the Instagram carnivore influencers don't have your best interests at heart. There is consensus on the importance of plant-rich diets for human + planetary health, but you wouldn't know it from social media. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Plant-based misinformation as a barrier to dietary transition

The success of sustainable dietary transition is becoming increasingly dependent not only on food systems transformation but also on who controls nutrition narratives within digital ecosystems. Global...

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Ontario has set a new wildfire record. This is primarily due to climate change, which comes from burning coal, oil and gas. We're in for more deadly records - a "new era of extreme wildfire activity" - until we address root causes. www.thestar.com/news/ontario...

This is Ontario’s worst wildfire season, early estimates suggest. It’s not over yet

Recent rain has helped to temper fire activity in northern Ontario, but officials warn the danger remains high.

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Methane gas isn't clean and it isn't a "bridge" to a climate-friendly future. In fact, the gas industry knew as early as 1907 (!) that gas was a source of respiratory problems when burned indoors. Check out this report on the fraud of "clean" gas. climateintegrity.org/projects/nat...

The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity

How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution

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This image sums it up nicely. Climate impacts some of us faster and harder than others. It's no surprise that the people most insulated from climate impacts are at the forefront of expanding the use of coal, oil and gas. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon

Unrestrained blazes have forced more than 250,000 people to flee, authorities from both countries have said, as they struggle to contain the fires

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Canada can either be locked into more coal, oil + gas or blaze a path on clean energy. To simplify: we can't be a "clean and conventional energy superpower," no matter how many times the feds repeat the line. @climateinstitute.bsky.social corporateknights.com/perspectives...

Getting serious about clean energy in Canada

OPINION | Net-zero isn’t a switch that can be flipped in 2045; becoming a clean-energy superpower requires steady, sustained effort.

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Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis. He's right. Unlike Trump, some international leaders know that wildfires are turbocharged by climate change, and aren't afraid to say it. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pedro Sánchez says Spain is suffering effects of climate crisis as firefighters battle wildfires in France

Blazes near Madrid coming under control but efforts to contain huge fire near Bordeaux hampered by windy conditions

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Nice summary. “These Trump lackeys want to set the world on fire and blame us for failing to put it out.” www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Stephen Maher: American response to Canadian wildfires just proves their addiction to this one thing

The entire MAGA argument for blaming this country rests on a false premise

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My latest on Carney's climate misadventures: "Lies, Damned Lies, and Forward Guidance." robbbarnes.substack.com/p/lies-damne...

Lies, Damned Lies, and Forward Guidance

On the eve of Canada Day, Prime Minister Mark Carney presented the country with his second run at Forward Guidance — a federal policy advertorial-meets-video essay sprinkled with a dash of central ban...

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Just found this image on @markhamhislop.bsky.social's Substack. It hits the nail on the head. I guess AI is useful for something!

You know you're doing something right when bots and trolls on X tell you to stop posting about climate change :) Here's the truth: wildfires are being hyper-charged by a heating climate, and this is caused primarily by the burning of coal, oil and gas. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Wildfires in southern Spain kill at least 12 amid soaring temperatures

Twenty-three people missing and at least four Britons believed to be among those who died trying to flee blaze in Almería

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Sometimes pretend news sounds too much like the real news: "Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved" www.thebeaverton.com/2026/07/mark...

Mark Carney promises to take climate change seriously once every other problem on Earth is solved

"Things are tough right now. And as the saying goes, ‘when the going gets tough, quit doing the hard stuff and just cling to what kind of worked in the past.'"

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Extreme heat is a growing climate issue in cities across Canada, with Toronto on the front lines of the debate. Congrats to the many advocates who put this on the agenda. We need to see urgent progress on this file in the months and years ahead. www.thestar.com/news/gta/may...

Toronto renters were promised this protection from heat waves. This is why it still hasn’t happened.

Experts say a maximum temperature bylaw is the single most important initiative the city could take to protect lives as extreme heat intensifies in the climate crisis.

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Meat is having a moment, with an assist from bunk science. Academic studies supported by industry are 16x more likely to draw positive conclusions about meat's health impacts. www.desmog.com/2026/05/21/i...

Industry-Linked Studies Disproportionately Advocate Meat Consumption

Academic studies funded or supported by industry are 16 times more likely to draw positive conclusions about the health impacts of meat than independent research, a new review has found. Public health...

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Having worked on clean energy issues for a while, there's a lot of BS out there (especially on X). Sharing to help clear the air :)

How much public ownership of this pipeline? Perhaps up to 90%. It's a good thing the last publicly-funded pipeline venture only had a 584% cost overrun. 🫠 www.theenergymix.com/90-public-ow...

'90% Public Ownership' Announced For West Coast Pipeline

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and PM Mark Carney have announced a route and a tentative partnership for a new pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast, with taxpayers picking up the lion’s share of th...

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Apparently, Trudeau's disastrous turn at purchasing an oil pipeline has proven inspirational to Carney. Days after Carney has announced ditching Canada's climate targets, he is asking Canadians to foot the bill for another pipeline fever dream. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Apparently, Trudeau's disastrous turn at purchasing an oil pipeline has proven inspirational to Carney. Days after Carney has announced ditching Canada's climate targets, he is asking Canadians to foot the bill for another pipeline fever dream. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta pitches new West Coast oil pipeline to B.C.'s South Coast | CBC

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Extreme storms and flooding ruined Canada Day in Ottawa yesterday. The day before, after a year of climate rollbacks, Carney indicated Canada would ditch its climate targets. I wonder if these things are connected? 🤔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ottawa-Gatineau cleans up after storm amid expected heat wave peak | CBC News

The Ottawa-Gatineau area is cleaning up from massive, powerful thunderstorms that struck the afternoon and evening of Canada Day — and doing so under a punishing heat wave with a risk of more storms.

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As we approach Canada Day, Carney guts Canada’s climate targets in a supposed bid for national unity. Can someone remind me - what’s the definition of “petrostate” again? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Mark Carney calls carbon emissions targets a ‘not sustainable’ threat to national unity

Canada will not hit carbon emission reduction targets set under the Trudeau government, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, arguing that downgrading the country's climate-change ambitions is nece...

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Physics trumps politics. We may tell ourselves that climate concern is left-coded, counter-balanced by other political interests. This is a fiction. What's true is that climate change will get much, much worse until we act to stop it. www.theenergymix.com/europes-reco...

Europe's Record Heat Has Overwhelmed Paris Mortuaries and Left Families in Distress

The statistical and public health work of tallying heat-related deaths could take weeks or months. But it's already apparent that the toll exacted by the intense, unrelenting extreme temperatures was ...

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As fire season begins in earnest across Canada, check out this graphic courtesy of Canada’s National Observer.