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It Wasn't the Carbon Tax After All
The energy transition was already speeding up. The fossil industry was already losing ground. The geopolitical moment we're in is set to speed things…
Apr 4
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Alex Cool-Fergus
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An Energy War is Raging. The Last Thing Canada Needs is More Fossil Fuel Production.
The Middle East war is the excuse du jour for new oil and gas exports. But with the energy shock driving importing countries to ditch fossil fuels…
Mar 29
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Mitchell Beer
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In Evil Times, Betting Markets Gamify Death and Destruction
Online gamblers are trying to make a killing on Trump’s war, even if it means threatening journalists who report what’s actually happening. But…
Mar 22
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Mitchell Beer
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#TBT: Trump’s ‘Annexation’ of Canada Has Already Begun. Here’s How Energy Alternatives Help Smother It.
Feb 16, 2025
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Conor Curtis
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How Donald Trump Will Come After Canada Next: With Corporate Lobbyists
Dec 20, 2025
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Conor Curtis
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Trump’s ‘Annexation’ of Canada Has Already Begun. Here’s How Energy Alternatives Help Smother It.
Jan 19, 2025
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Conor Curtis
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Lesson from Venezuela: Carney Must Make 2026 the Year of Real Security
Jan 3
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Mitchell Beer
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Separatists Boo Smith While the Clueless Bros Pitch a Pipeline
Nov 30, 2025
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Mitchell Beer
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Where Are the Customers? Why the Idea of a Pipeline to Asia Is Built on a Fantasy
Dec 6, 2025
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Markham Hislop
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'Tired of Winning': When Iran Promised $200/Barrel Oil, Trump Lost His War
With the U.S. bombing Iran “just for fun”, whole families being wiped out in a heartbeat, and the Strait of Hormuz closed, here’s the latest urgent…
Mar 15
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Mitchell Beer
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Winners and Losers: Iran War Charts a Brutal, Painful Path to a World Without Oil
Any war has winners and losers. In this one, Trump is the biggest loser of all. But how many schoolgirls and teachers must die, how much pain and…
Mar 8
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Mitchell Beer
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A Turtle on a Fencepost: How Fossil Fuel Messaging Delayed Climate Action
“There’s an old saying in Tennessee that if you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be pretty sure it didn’t get there by itself.” – Ex-U.S…
Feb 28
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The Fossil Fuel Speculators Who Hate Your Dog
An industry can't both crave the higher prices that come with geopolitical shocks and care about the species and ecosystems harmed by war. Or the…
Feb 22
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Mitchell Beer
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United In Pride, United In Grief
Tumbler Ridge, Kitigan Zibi show how we come together when we need to. It’s shameful to weaponize issues like gun violence, vaccines, addictions, or…
Feb 14
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Alex Cool-Fergus
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Fossil Industry Distortions Make the Energy Transition Harder to Imagine
Oil and gas account for just 7.8% of Canada’s GDP. Some of the country’s top HBA students came back with estimates 10 times higher. We’ll need some…
Feb 8
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Gavin Pitchford
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Hard Things Are Hard
Carbon pricing was at the core of Canada's climate action plan until it became a political albatross. In her memoir, Run Like A Girl, ex-environment…
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Catherine McKenna
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