Stephen Thomas
@stephenjwt.bsky.social
I believe a better world is possible. Climate justice, solidarity and energy policy. Clean Energy Manager w/ @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social Board Member w/ @canrac.bsky.social Views my own. Nova Scotian settler living in unceded Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. He/Him
China’s electric vehicle exports reached a record $9.2 billion in May 2026, with most going to Southeast Asia. 🤯 EV adoption is accelerating across Asia, adding to evidence that electrification is reducing future demand for oil. 🚗⚡ Dive into the data from @ember-energy.org ➡️ : buff.ly/kf1nY1E
Canada’s electricity demand is set to double by 2050. That’s why we need more grid integration. Yesterday’s First Ministers’ conference in PEI shows promising momentum to build new interties, but there’s no time to waste - let’s #ElectrifyNow. Our statement here ⬇️ buff.ly/monub6p
Mounting trade pressures reinforce the need for connected Canadian grid | Pembina Institute
EDMONTON — Tim Weis, Senior Director, Industrial Decarbonization at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement following the First Ministers’ announcement to advance the buildout of…
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Renewables are now the world's largest source of electricity – and the main source of new supplies
It me 🧠 Along with the existential doom of big smoke and heat wave days, they often come with being down and out with a killer migraine. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Does wildfire smoke make your head pound? Canadian study finds spike in migraine-related hospital visits | CBC News
New Health Canada research found a six per cent increase in headache-related hospital trips linked to particulate matter from wildfires, suggesting periods of smoke-filled air may precede severe heada...
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Some good news from the Maritimes: clean electrification with renewables is the future.⚡ Want to have your say in Canada's electricity future? Send a letter to Ottawa: https://dsfdn.org/canada-clean-electricity
Maritime Provinces, Federal Government to Explore Electricity Co-operation, System Integration This is the kind of "MOU" you love to see on energy in Canada ⚡ #cdnpoli #nspoli #electrification news.novascotia.ca/en/2026/07/2...
Maritime Provinces, Federal Government to Explore Electricity Co-operation, System Integration
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Canada is trading real and immediate harms for speculative long-term benefits. We need to think twice about the race to adopt AI indiscriminately across every sector of society and the economy. Major new @policyalternatives.ca report on AI: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Think twice: A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence in Canada | CCPA
Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry
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Great new report from @hadrianmk.bsky.social and @policyalternatives.ca Think twice: A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence in Canada. The harms outweigh the speculative benefits of #AI adoption. Canadians should be prepared to push back. #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Think twice: A citizen’s guide to artificial intelligence in Canada | CCPA
Canadians need to think twice about the promise and inevitability of artificial intelligence and be prepared to push back on the AI industry
policyalternatives.ca
How can Canada double the size of its electricity grids while keeping prices down? Partnering with coauthor Michael Liebreich, we propose a new policy idea to help deliver on those two goals. Read our our Policy Brief: https://ow.ly/XX2k50Zrmxq
New federal fund proposed to finance power grid expansion while keeping prices down
Proposed Powering Canada Forward Fund would enable Canada to double the capacity of its electricity grid by 2050 without driving up...
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Canadians are facing another devastating wildfire season, supercharged by climate change. Yet Canada's governments plan to spend taxpayer $ on a new pipeline, alongside a weakened Pathways carbon capture deal that will see emissions go up, not down. 🚨 Canadians deserve better. #cdnpoli
You can't "tough it out" through extreme heat or wildfire smoke. As climate risks grow, workplace protections must grow with them. Keeping workers safe means treating climate change as a health and safety issue. Read @clcpresident.bsky.social's latest op-ed: www.ohscanada.com/opinions/our...
Our climate is changing and the health and safety of workers is on the line
It’s July, and out-of-control wildfires are raging across the country, polluting our air and showing how hot it already is.
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Last time I saw The Odyssey it was circa 1999 and my social studies teacher wheeled out a tv on a cart with a VCR and put on this timeless classic:
Truly the stupidest of times. So much horror and anxiety and real struggle (and lots of brilliant, important emergent work worth celebrating too) But hot damn, truly the dumbest of times. apple.news/AMkrhjwOmT2W...
Trump threatens to raise tariffs over Canadian wildfire smoke — CTV News
U.S. President Donald Trump says the cost of pollution from wildfire smoke drifting south of the border 'must' be added to the tariffs imposed on Canadian goods.
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On the one hand: Oh fuck alllllll the way off. On the other hand: Why yes, Canada should indeed do more than *nothing* to address the worsening climate catastrophe On the other-other hand: Oh seriously fuck allll the way off.
Global News@globalnews.ca · 3w ago"If Canada will not manage its forests to prevent these fires, the United States will look elsewhere, and act on our own, to protect our people,” said a group of U.S. lawmakers. globalnews.ca/news/1196860...
Decisions made today will shape the climate for decades to come. We've crunched the numbers: a West Coast pipeline combined with less ambitious Pathways CCS could drive nearly 200 MT of additional emissions by 2040.
These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w agoThese images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Got upset and made this so hopefully people will actually listen. What the fuck are we doing here folks?
830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.
Renewable power generation recorded it's fastest-ever growth in 2024. ☀️Renewables were 31.7% of global electricity in 2024 📈New renewable generation grew by 9.8% (non-renewables grew by 1.4%) www.irena.org/Publications...
When I resigned from chairing Canada's Net-Zero Advisory Body last December, we had completed an annual report (www.nzab2050.ca/publications...) full of climate policy advice. I recommend reading the introduction to the report, if not the whole report, which remains timely. Here's an excerpt:
Zooming in to find Canada's public investments in #renewables on a graph that also shows it's investments in #fossilfuels
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Stephen Thomas@stephenjwt.bsky.social · 3w agoAnd the proportion of Canada's clean energy finance is... bad. As a percentage of the total, per capita, in absolute numbers, or compared to fossil finance. It's bad. #renewables #Climate #Energysky #cdnpoli
Canada's not trying to be a "Clean Energy Superpower". Not yet. New report from @oilchange.org shows Canada is the single worst country for public fossil fuel finance (in absolute numbers!) in G20. And among the lowest for #renewables #Climate #Energysky #cdnpoli oilchange.org/publications...
More than 90% of utility-scale renewable projects commissioned in 2025 delivered power below the cost of the cheapest new fossil-fuel plant built in their market. Renewable power generation costs in 2025
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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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Headlines like this are wild, because it's effectively saying "Quebec will come nowhere close to achieving net-zero by 2050" but it's reported on like it's some kind of ambitious plan. #cdnpoli #polqc #climate #electrification #EnergySky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Quebec wants 77% of energy consumed in province to come from renewables by 2050 | CBC News
The Quebec government says it wants 77 per cent of the energy consumed in the province by 2050 to come from renewables, up from the current 48 per cent.
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Canadian #taxpayers will foot the bill for the new #pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to the B.C. coast. After an unsuccessful scramble to line up private money, Smith & Carney announced that the #WestCoastPipeline will be a partnership between the prov govt and federally-owned #TransMountainCorp.
'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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My favorite moment was when Wayne Gretzky was on screen for about 5 seconds and everyone loudly booed the whole time.
Stephen Thomas@stephenjwt.bsky.social · last mo.I had fun checking out a bunch of Canada’s World Cup games at cafés in Montreal the past few weeks. The diaspora for so many of the other teams is huge in Montreal, so it’s great vibes no matter who scores. Morocco fans were very hype today. More or less shut down the street watching on patio tvs
