#climatedefense — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.upgrad.com/blog/chinese-ai-returns-to-haunt-markets-one-year-after-deepseek/

The UCP government pulled the plug on an independent council that provided expert advice to the province on water policy.

Canadians are basically being told we can’t be scared of what we don’t know. And, we don’t know what we don’t know, right?

Danielle Smith’s UCP is cutting off our ability to assess and track the environmental impacts of 3 major datacentre projects that are proposed for Alberta in Wonder Valley, Mihta Askiy, and Synapse. With the Federal Government also signalling a pull back on Environmental Assessment, experts rightly sound the alarm to state the obvious:

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Worse, these projects are not traditional infrastructure projects that provide critical “Public Goods” to society. They’re in many ways long-term investments in data management technologies that may prove to be bad gambles. As of 2026, in the midst of an on-going US-Iran conflict, and what most observers expect will lead to $150 per barrel oil, fuel shortages, fertilizer shortages, and worse, data centres are enormous investments in time, energy, water, and space. In exchange, these Data Centres may lead to contributions in “Artificial Intelligence”, but the reality of the technology is uneven adoption and even less productivity than hoped for.

As the world develops these “AI” products, there’s also an expectation that they become leaner, more efficient, and more performant. When these efficiencies are developed, and become industry changing, whole markets rattle wondering if the existing data centres and their investments were wasted. For example, Canadians can just look at the 2025 release of DeepSeek, which essentially introduced a new competitor to the AI sector, and a model that was indeed more efficient and performant at the same time. At that moment, NVIDIA stocks lost $600 Billion in value.

With additional developments in this space, Canadians can see that the markets continue to rattle in 2026, costing Billions more in losses.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-models-rattling-markets-42ee512e

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/426197/impact-assessments-not-required-for-olds-mihta-askiy-data-centres-expert-says-legislatio

As each year passes, and new models are released, these Data Centres have regular maintenance schedules that require regular replacement of spent chips and all of its components - much like a vehicle. Under the present geopolitical situation in the Middle East, the massive volumes of natural gas and precious water that will be spent feeding these centres pose a real risk that Albertans can be holding the bag to some extremely destructive Data Centres without appropriate security or collateral.

Some of these projects will be within ear shot of residential areas. You don’t have to search very far for people complaining about the noise from the power generators on site to figure out these Data Centres can literally alter the way entire communities are built

So, it’s true, Canadians cannot manage what we don’t measure. But, we can also see what’s happened already to know we’re not even managing the risk of when these Data Centres go wrong.

Should Canadians be disturbed that Assessments are being set aside for these very slap dash projects that are considered Natural Gas Plants, and are presented as “infrastructure”? Of course.

Should Canadians be worried about what little we already know? Let’s take a peek at Wonder Valley: From the National Observer’s Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Albertans are also aware that the Wonder Valley project is not just about power generation. Specifically, the Wonder Valley project alone is expected to consume enough water to match that of 460,000 people over their entire lifetimes….

The plan is outlined in a heavily redacted land sale contract signed on March 25, 2026, between O’Leary’s company and a rural municipality of fewer than 9,000 people north of Edmonton.

Under the agreement, the Municipal District of Greenview will transfer a large part of a planned industrial park developed by the district to O’Leary’s company in three phases as it builds out the 7.5-gigawatt Wonder Valley project. But there’s a catch: before the sale goes through, the municipality must “act as an agent” for O’Leary’s company by securing provincial water licences that give the facility access to up to 24 million cubic metres of water annually.

That’s enough water for about 460,000 people over their lifetimes, drawn from a municipality that last year declared an agricultural emergency because of drought.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/news/kevin-oleary-pins-water-licence-70-billion-data-centre-project-small-alberta

The Politician may like the prospect of pleasing Oil and Gas incumbents with a solid source of demand for Natural Gas. But no one seems to give a damn about where the costs are landing - seems to be on everyone else’s backs.

#climatedefense #datacentres #albertawatercouncil #waterforlife #landstewardshipcentre #watershedrestorationresiliencyprogram

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-05-04 · 00:12 UTC

Alberta Water Council among several environmental advisory groups being eliminated for minimal savings

https://www.upgrad.com/blog/chinese-ai-returns-to-haunt-markets-one-year-after-deepseek/

The UCP government pulled the plug on an independent council that provided expert advice to the province on water policy.

Canadians are basically being told we can’t be scared of what we don’t know. And, we don’t know what we don’t know, right?

Danielle Smith’s UCP is cutting off our ability to assess and track the environmental impacts of 3 major datacentre projects that are proposed for Alberta in Wonder Valley, Mihta Askiy, and Synapse. With the Federal Government also signalling a pull back on Environmental Assessment, experts rightly sound the alarm to state the obvious:

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Worse, these projects are not traditional infrastructure projects that provide critical “Public Goods” to society. They’re in many ways long-term investments in data management technologies that may prove to be bad gambles. As of 2026, in the midst of an on-going US-Iran conflict, and what most observers expect will lead to $150 per barrel oil, fuel shortages, fertilizer shortages, and worse, data centres are enormous investments in time, energy, water, and space. In exchange, these Data Centres may lead to contributions in “Artificial Intelligence”, but the reality of the technology is uneven adoption and even less productivity than hoped for.

As the world develops these “AI” products, there’s also an expectation that they become leaner, more efficient, and more performant. When these efficiencies are developed, and become industry changing, whole markets rattle wondering if the existing data centres and their investments were wasted. For example, Canadians can just look at the 2025 release of DeepSeek, which essentially introduced a new competitor to the AI sector, and a model that was indeed more efficient and performant at the same time. At that moment, NVIDIA stocks lost $600 Billion in value.

With additional developments in this space, Canadians can see that the markets continue to rattle in 2026, costing Billions more in losses.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-models-rattling-markets-42ee512e

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/426197/impact-assessments-not-required-for-olds-mihta-askiy-data-centres-expert-says-legislatio

As each year passes, and new models are released, these Data Centres have regular maintenance schedules that require regular replacement of spent chips and all of its components - much like a vehicle. Under the present geopolitical situation in the Middle East, the massive volumes of natural gas and precious water that will be spent feeding these centres pose a real risk that Albertans can be holding the bag to some extremely destructive Data Centres without appropriate security or collateral.

Some of these projects will be within ear shot of residential areas. You don’t have to search very far for people complaining about the noise from the power generators on site to figure out these Data Centres can literally alter the way entire communities are built

So, it’s true, Canadians cannot manage what we don’t measure. But, we can also see what’s happened already to know we’re not even managing the risk of when these Data Centres go wrong.

Should Canadians be disturbed that Assessments are being set aside for these very slap dash projects that are considered Natural Gas Plants, and are presented as “infrastructure”? Of course.

Should Canadians be worried about what little we already know? Let’s take a peek at Wonder Valley: From the National Observer’s Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Albertans are also aware that the Wonder Valley project is not just about power generation. Specifically, the Wonder Valley project alone is expected to consume enough water to match that of 460,000 people over their entire lifetimes….

The plan is outlined in a heavily redacted land sale contract signed on March 25, 2026, between O’Leary’s company and a rural municipality of fewer than 9,000 people north of Edmonton.

Under the agreement, the Municipal District of Greenview will transfer a large part of a planned industrial park developed by the district to O’Leary’s company in three phases as it builds out the 7.5-gigawatt Wonder Valley project. But there’s a catch: before the sale goes through, the municipality must “act as an agent” for O’Leary’s company by securing provincial water licences that give the facility access to up to 24 million cubic metres of water annually.

That’s enough water for about 460,000 people over their lifetimes, drawn from a municipality that last year declared an agricultural emergency because of drought.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/news/kevin-oleary-pins-water-licence-70-billion-data-centre-project-small-alberta

The Politician may like the prospect of pleasing Oil and Gas incumbents with a solid source of demand for Natural Gas. But no one seems to give a damn about where the costs are landing - seems to be on everyone else’s backs.

#climatedefense #datacentres #albertawatercouncil #waterforlife #landstewardshipcentre #watershedrestorationresiliencyprogram

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-05-04 · 00:12 UTC

Alberta Water Council among several environmental advisory groups being eliminated for minimal savings

https://www.upgrad.com/blog/chinese-ai-returns-to-haunt-markets-one-year-after-deepseek/

The UCP government pulled the plug on an independent council that provided expert advice to the province on water policy.

Canadians are basically being told we can’t be scared of what we don’t know. And, we don’t know what we don’t know, right?

Danielle Smith’s UCP is cutting off our ability to assess and track the environmental impacts of 3 major datacentre projects that are proposed for Alberta in Wonder Valley, Mihta Askiy, and Synapse. With the Federal Government also signalling a pull back on Environmental Assessment, experts rightly sound the alarm to state the obvious:

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Worse, these projects are not traditional infrastructure projects that provide critical “Public Goods” to society. They’re in many ways long-term investments in data management technologies that may prove to be bad gambles. As of 2026, in the midst of an on-going US-Iran conflict, and what most observers expect will lead to $150 per barrel oil, fuel shortages, fertilizer shortages, and worse, data centres are enormous investments in time, energy, water, and space. In exchange, these Data Centres may lead to contributions in “Artificial Intelligence”, but the reality of the technology is uneven adoption and even less productivity than hoped for.

As the world develops these “AI” products, there’s also an expectation that they become leaner, more efficient, and more performant. When these efficiencies are developed, and become industry changing, whole markets rattle wondering if the existing data centres and their investments were wasted. For example, Canadians can just look at the 2025 release of DeepSeek, which essentially introduced a new competitor to the AI sector, and a model that was indeed more efficient and performant at the same time. At that moment, NVIDIA stocks lost $600 Billion in value.

With additional developments in this space, Canadians can see that the markets continue to rattle in 2026, costing Billions more in losses.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-models-rattling-markets-42ee512e

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/426197/impact-assessments-not-required-for-olds-mihta-askiy-data-centres-expert-says-legislatio

As each year passes, and new models are released, these Data Centres have regular maintenance schedules that require regular replacement of spent chips and all of its components - much like a vehicle. Under the present geopolitical situation in the Middle East, the massive volumes of natural gas and precious water that will be spent feeding these centres pose a real risk that Albertans can be holding the bag to some extremely destructive Data Centres without appropriate security or collateral.

Some of these projects will be within ear shot of residential areas. You don’t have to search very far for people complaining about the noise from the power generators on site to figure out these Data Centres can literally alter the way entire communities are built

So, it’s true, Canadians cannot manage what we don’t measure. But, we can also see what’s happened already to know we’re not even managing the risk of when these Data Centres go wrong.

Should Canadians be disturbed that Assessments are being set aside for these very slap dash projects that are considered Natural Gas Plants, and are presented as “infrastructure”? Of course.

Should Canadians be worried about what little we already know? Let’s take a peek at Wonder Valley: From the National Observer’s Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Albertans are also aware that the Wonder Valley project is not just about power generation. Specifically, the Wonder Valley project alone is expected to consume enough water to match that of 460,000 people over their entire lifetimes….

The plan is outlined in a heavily redacted land sale contract signed on March 25, 2026, between O’Leary’s company and a rural municipality of fewer than 9,000 people north of Edmonton.

Under the agreement, the Municipal District of Greenview will transfer a large part of a planned industrial park developed by the district to O’Leary’s company in three phases as it builds out the 7.5-gigawatt Wonder Valley project. But there’s a catch: before the sale goes through, the municipality must “act as an agent” for O’Leary’s company by securing provincial water licences that give the facility access to up to 24 million cubic metres of water annually.

That’s enough water for about 460,000 people over their lifetimes, drawn from a municipality that last year declared an agricultural emergency because of drought.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/news/kevin-oleary-pins-water-licence-70-billion-data-centre-project-small-alberta

The Politician may like the prospect of pleasing Oil and Gas incumbents with a solid source of demand for Natural Gas. But no one seems to give a damn about where the costs are landing - seems to be on everyone else’s backs.

#climatedefense #datacentres #albertawatercouncil #waterforlife #landstewardshipcentre #watershedrestorationresiliencyprogram

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-05-04 · 00:12 UTC

Alberta Water Council among several environmental advisory groups being eliminated for minimal savings

https://www.upgrad.com/blog/chinese-ai-returns-to-haunt-markets-one-year-after-deepseek/

The UCP government pulled the plug on an independent council that provided expert advice to the province on water policy.

Canadians are basically being told we can’t be scared of what we don’t know. And, we don’t know what we don’t know, right?

Danielle Smith’s UCP is cutting off our ability to assess and track the environmental impacts of 3 major datacentre projects that are proposed for Alberta in Wonder Valley, Mihta Askiy, and Synapse. With the Federal Government also signalling a pull back on Environmental Assessment, experts rightly sound the alarm to state the obvious:

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.

Worse, these projects are not traditional infrastructure projects that provide critical “Public Goods” to society. They’re in many ways long-term investments in data management technologies that may prove to be bad gambles. As of 2026, in the midst of an on-going US-Iran conflict, and what most observers expect will lead to $150 per barrel oil, fuel shortages, fertilizer shortages, and worse, data centres are enormous investments in time, energy, water, and space. In exchange, these Data Centres may lead to contributions in “Artificial Intelligence”, but the reality of the technology is uneven adoption and even less productivity than hoped for.

As the world develops these “AI” products, there’s also an expectation that they become leaner, more efficient, and more performant. When these efficiencies are developed, and become industry changing, whole markets rattle wondering if the existing data centres and their investments were wasted. For example, Canadians can just look at the 2025 release of DeepSeek, which essentially introduced a new competitor to the AI sector, and a model that was indeed more efficient and performant at the same time. At that moment, NVIDIA stocks lost $600 Billion in value.

With additional developments in this space, Canadians can see that the markets continue to rattle in 2026, costing Billions more in losses.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-ai-models-rattling-markets-42ee512e

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/426197/impact-assessments-not-required-for-olds-mihta-askiy-data-centres-expert-says-legislatio

As each year passes, and new models are released, these Data Centres have regular maintenance schedules that require regular replacement of spent chips and all of its components - much like a vehicle. Under the present geopolitical situation in the Middle East, the massive volumes of natural gas and precious water that will be spent feeding these centres pose a real risk that Albertans can be holding the bag to some extremely destructive Data Centres without appropriate security or collateral.

Some of these projects will be within ear shot of residential areas. You don’t have to search very far for people complaining about the noise from the power generators on site to figure out these Data Centres can literally alter the way entire communities are built

So, it’s true, Canadians cannot manage what we don’t measure. But, we can also see what’s happened already to know we’re not even managing the risk of when these Data Centres go wrong.

Should Canadians be disturbed that Assessments are being set aside for these very slap dash projects that are considered Natural Gas Plants, and are presented as “infrastructure”? Of course.

Should Canadians be worried about what little we already know? Let’s take a peek at Wonder Valley: From the National Observer’s Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Albertans are also aware that the Wonder Valley project is not just about power generation. Specifically, the Wonder Valley project alone is expected to consume enough water to match that of 460,000 people over their entire lifetimes….

The plan is outlined in a heavily redacted land sale contract signed on March 25, 2026, between O’Leary’s company and a rural municipality of fewer than 9,000 people north of Edmonton.

Under the agreement, the Municipal District of Greenview will transfer a large part of a planned industrial park developed by the district to O’Leary’s company in three phases as it builds out the 7.5-gigawatt Wonder Valley project. But there’s a catch: before the sale goes through, the municipality must “act as an agent” for O’Leary’s company by securing provincial water licences that give the facility access to up to 24 million cubic metres of water annually.

That’s enough water for about 460,000 people over their lifetimes, drawn from a municipality that last year declared an agricultural emergency because of drought.

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/04/20/news/kevin-oleary-pins-water-licence-70-billion-data-centre-project-small-alberta

The Politician may like the prospect of pleasing Oil and Gas incumbents with a solid source of demand for Natural Gas. But no one seems to give a damn about where the costs are landing - seems to be on everyone else’s backs.

#nigelbankes #impactassessmentagency #ryanfournier #davidwright #synapse #mihtaaskiy

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-04-10 · 15:48 UTC

California bill aims to end spraying of crops with toxic "forever chemicals"

If anyone needs any encouragement to avoid American fruit, consider that one county has records of PFAS chemicals sprayed to crops as far back as 2018. Also, California is banning use of such PFAS pesticides starting in 2035 .

California Assemblymember Nick Schultz is leading an effort to phase out the use of pesticides containing toxic “forever chemicals” to safeguard the nation’s produce.

Schultz (D-Burbank), introduced AB 1603 earlier this year to ban the use, sale, and manufacture of PFAS pesticides in California starting in 2035. The state is the nation’s top agricultural producer, its fruits, nuts ,and vegetables landing on plates across the US.

California has passed so many laws to get these highly persistent, harmful synthetic chemicals out of homes and the environment, Schultz said at a briefing Wednesday, he was shocked to learn that pesticides with intentionally added PFAS are regularly sprayed on the state’s crops. “I was even more startled to find out that these PFAS pesticides are present on the fruit and vegetables that we purchase at the grocery store, on the fruits and vegetables that we feed our families,” he said.

More than 2.5 million pounds of pesticides containing PFAS were sprayed on California crops between 2018 and 2023, according to an analysis of state pesticide use data by the Environmental Working Group, which is co-sponsoring Schultz’s bill with other public interest and health groups.

#boycottusa #climatedefense #agriculture #foodsafety #consumersafety

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-31 · 05:17 UTC

Avi Lewis' NDP Opens Up A New Front For Canada

Avi Lewis’ energy policies may not even be controversial as they are just a response to the geopolitical maneuvers that have cost countless lives across the world for oil.

Canada’s future therefore depends on all of us - not just working together, but having a say as well.

We have to pull the curtains back on the Wizards, and they have to know the hunt is on.

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/359488/avi-lewis-ndp-opens-up-a-new-front-for-canada

https://thewalrus.ca/avi-lewis-wins-leadership-of-the-federal-ndp-on-first-ballot/

#CdnPoli #AbPoli #AbLeg

#NDP #ProportionalRepresentation #AviLewis #Gerrymandering #Oil #ClimateDefense #ClimateChange #USIranConflict

#cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg #ndp #proportionalrepresentation #avilewis

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-31 · 05:13 UTC

Avi Lewis' NDP Opens Up A New Front For Canada

https://thewalrus.ca/avi-lewis-wins-leadership-of-the-federal-ndp-on-first-ballot/

The West has always been ready to wear the badge that they operate democracies, and that their governments represent the people. Yet, due in part to the rise of the US Billionaire class, and the explicit acknowledgement in the United States that money is free speech, the people of the Global “North” must relearn old lessons and confront the new Wizards of Oz.

However flawed these democratic systems may be, they fundamentally aspire to retain power with the people through representation. These Billionaires, self-crowned royalty, use their money to short circuit the electoral processes by essentially buying the representation (the Politician). These billionaires flex their wealth, and wield sophisticated networks of corporate entities, lobbyists, social media algorithms, bots, consultants, organizations, charities, clubs, and are brazen and flawed enough to seek out their self-interest at the expense of entire countries.

In defiance of wisdom, the Politician has become unusually and remarkably willing to walk far away from the Constituent. Normally the Politician should be chilled in fear with such a walk. The Politician should have the utmost respect for what they represent. They represent the people, after all is said and done. No Politician should feel safe taking from the Constituent, let alone take the Constituent for granted.

With that said, politicians are out gunned and mismatched against the overwhelming resources of the Billionaires. Canadians must restore a system of incentives that can protect our legislatures while simultaneously injecting the interests of the people back into focus. Proportional Representation is the most aggressive and direct way we can restore that focus.

Hence, Avi Lewis’ pledge for Proportional Representation represents a genuine restoration of power to the people.

https://www.fairvote.ca/29/03/2026/avi-lewiss-pledge-to-make-proportional-representation-the-ndps-one-demand-says-he-is-serious-about-pr/

As we speak, incumbents, like Alberta’s UCP and Premier Danielle Smith, understand the primary importance of maintaining power above all else. If one considers that the UCP and Danielle Smith are embroiled in the greatest corruption scandals the province has ever seen, they still persist in holding onto power. Worse, the UCP openly contemplate gerrymandering ridings.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/electoral-boundary-commission-dallas-miller-9.7143937

Even if their motives are mixed, and some are unstated, Canadians can clearly tell that Smith’s actions are designed in favour of Oil and Gas to the detriment of other industries. And, Smith’s actions don’t appear to account for the reality of the US war against Iran, and the push towards renewables. As National Observer’s Max Fawcett highlights, the Gulf Cooperation Council countries will be desperate to rebuild from the conflict, putting downward pressure on the price of oil.

It’s worth remembering that it was just over a decade ago, when it seemed like oil prices were destined to stay above $100 per barrel and those oil companies were commissioning the last of their most expensive oil sands projects, that OPEC last decided to crash the market. A mere 1.5 million barrel per day oversupply in a market where 94 million barrels per day were being consumed smashed prices down below $30 per barrel and held them below $60 per barrel for years. The aforementioned 5.25 million barrels of predicted demand destruction due to EVs — never mind the impact of significantly higher oil prices —has the same effect as 5.25 million barrels of new production: it crushes prices. In that sort of price environment, any new projects sanctioned today in order to satisfy the premier’s pipeline dreams would be underwater in short order.

I would invite the senior executives at these companies to imagine what OPEC countries like Saudi Arabia will do with their ultra-low cost supply (which can often be extracted for less than $10 per barrel) once it becomes clear that global demand is indeed in terminal decline. Will they continue to withhold barrels, as they have in the past, in order to keep prices higher? Or will they produce as many as possible in a race to get them out of the ground before the demand declines even further?

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/27/opinion/canada-fossil-fuels-iran-war

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-iran-war-hormuz-closure-oil-shock/

Avi Lewis’ energy policies may not even be controversial as they are just a response to the geopolitical maneuvers that have cost countless lives across the world for oil.

Canada’s future therefore depends on all of us - not just working together, but having a say as well.

We have to pull the curtains back on the Wizards, and they have to know the hunt is on.

#climatechange #climatedefense #ndp #proportionalrepresentation #avilewis #usiranconflict

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-17 · 16:33 UTC

Opinion: Poilievre arrives late to the auto debate with a plan from 1965

Canada has to be on the forefront of change. Our markets have to diversify into renewables and drive these aligned car companies into a new direction. We have to do this now, firmly. Canada has to boldly embrace change, and retool the manufacturing sector so it can flourish in the 21st Century. A future of solar panels, wind power, and batteries is no longer a feel good idea to protect the environment, it’s about survival. We have no other choice because the alternative is to be dragged into the shadows with our neighbour.

Poilievre wants to play politics and kiss the ring to the old mob. The streets are literally transforming as he tries to take the knee.

#ClimateDefense #Iran

#CdnPoli #AbPoli #AbLeg

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/325387/opinion-poilievre-arrives-late-to-the-auto-debate-with-a-plan-from-1965

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opinion/article-poilievre-arrives-late-to-the-auto-debate-with-a-plan-from-1965/

#climatedefense #iran #cdnpoli #abpoli #ableg

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-17 · 16:27 UTC

Opinion: Poilievre arrives late to the auto debate with a plan from 1965

https://archive.is/89hFV

The Globe and Mail’s Campbell Clark with the opinion that Pierre Poilievre is out of touch is perhaps being diplomatic.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/armstrong-iran-trump-supply-chains-strait-hormuz-us-israel-9.7126304

With Iran in control of the Strait of Hormuz, and the global markets rattled over disruptions in oil, helium, and fertilizer, the world looks forward to increased prices, and shortages for potentially years to come. I’m in the camp that the US logically has every reason to end the conflict, but on Iran’s terms. With the US and Israel causing so much damage throughout Iran, I would expect Iran to make a demand of reparations to the tune of trillions of dollars.

If the US denies responsibility and any dollar figure for reparations, Iran would likely negotiate with the GCC countries to make themselves whole again. In turn, the US would be expected to lose trillions of dollars of investment, and turn into a shade of what it once was.

If the US somehow carries on with violence, the world stage will pass judgment on the US as a belligerent, and Iran can carry on with sporadic bombings of infrastructure calibrated to their strategic interests. I suspect in this scenario, rattling the global economy until the US suffers trillions of dollars of loss would also suffice to make the same point.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-russia-oil-licence-hormuz-iran-9.7126984

With these routes in mind, Russia appears to be the primary beneficiary. Indeed the US, under the context that the oil supply shocks are so dire, temporarily lifted the embargo over Russian oil and gas products. At some point, a casual reader has to wonder if Trump works for the US or for someone else.

Now, with this stage, Poilievre proposes to continue negotiating with the US in terms that no longer exist. The US domestic car companies, Ford, GM, and Stellantis, along with Japan’s car companies, are flexing their hold on the North American and western markets by extending the run on the internal combustion engine. But, it’s also clear that world needs the ability to generate energy, and these recent market shocks will only drive the push to renewables even farther.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/16/the-tell-tale-signs-how-bad-has-the-iran-war-hit-the-global-economy

China’s BYD, CATL, and others continue to develop batteries that the world needs, and EV cars that the world wants. For every day that these aligned car companies want to play tea time in a house on fire, they no longer offer a competitive product that gives any value within China. Thanks to Donald Trump, these companies may soon be unable to offer a product that gives any value on the planet.

Canada has to be on the forefront of change. Our markets have to diversify into renewables and drive these aligned car companies into a new direction. We have to do this now, firmly. Canada has to boldly embrace change, and retool the manufacturing sector so it can flourish in the 21st Century. A future of solar panels, wind power, and batteries is no longer a feel good idea to protect the environment, it’s about survival. We have no other choice because the alternative is to be dragged into the shadows with our neighbour.

Poilievre wants to play politics and kiss the ring to the old mob. The streets are literally transforming as he tries to take the knee.

#iran #canada #climatedefense

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 04:04 UTC

Country singer Corb Lund relaunches provincewide petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes

Country singer Corb Lund relaunches provincewide petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes

Your friendly reminder that Corb Lund’s petition is still going, and check to see if there’s a petition station near you.

Lund said opponents of the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects worry they would affect the quality of drinking water from the Oldman and North Saskatchewan rivers due to their respective locations.

A peer-reviewed study published last year found contamination from old coal mines in Alberta had been polluting nearby bodies of water, negatively impacting water quality and aquatic ecosystems.

“It’s already in the sensitive area,” Lund said, referring specifically to the Grassy Mountain project. “There’s already been legacy mining up there decades ago, and there’s already an overwhelming amount of selenium in some of the lakes up there, so the economics of the thing don’t make sense and the conservation elements of it certainly don’t make sense.”

#climatedefense #corblund #water #waternotcoal #northback #grassymountain

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 04:04 UTC

Country singer Corb Lund relaunches provincewide petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes

Your friendly reminder that Corb Lund’s petition is still going, and check to see if there’s a petition station near you.

Lund said opponents of the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects worry they would affect the quality of drinking water from the Oldman and North Saskatchewan rivers due to their respective locations.

A peer-reviewed study published last year found contamination from old coal mines in Alberta had been polluting nearby bodies of water, negatively impacting water quality and aquatic ecosystems.

“It’s already in the sensitive area,” Lund said, referring specifically to the Grassy Mountain project. “There’s already been legacy mining up there decades ago, and there’s already an overwhelming amount of selenium in some of the lakes up there, so the economics of the thing don’t make sense and the conservation elements of it certainly don’t make sense.”

#climatedefense #corblund #water #waternotcoal #northback #grassymountain

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 04:04 UTC

Country singer Corb Lund relaunches provincewide petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes

Your friendly reminder that Corb Lund’s petition is still going, and check to see if there’s a petition station near you.

Lund said opponents of the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects worry they would affect the quality of drinking water from the Oldman and North Saskatchewan rivers due to their respective locations.

A peer-reviewed study published last year found contamination from old coal mines in Alberta had been polluting nearby bodies of water, negatively impacting water quality and aquatic ecosystems.

“It’s already in the sensitive area,” Lund said, referring specifically to the Grassy Mountain project. “There’s already been legacy mining up there decades ago, and there’s already an overwhelming amount of selenium in some of the lakes up there, so the economics of the thing don’t make sense and the conservation elements of it certainly don’t make sense.”

#climatedefense #corblund #water #waternotcoal #northback #grassymountain

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 04:04 UTC

https://kopitalk.net/c/canada/p/321451/country-singer-corb-lund-relaunches-provincewide-petition-to-ban-new-coal-mining-in-albe

Your friendly reminder that Corb Lund’s petition is still going, and check to see if there’s a petition station near you.

Lund said opponents of the Grassy Mountain and Blackstone projects worry they would affect the quality of drinking water from the Oldman and North Saskatchewan rivers due to their respective locations.

A peer-reviewed study published last year found contamination from old coal mines in Alberta had been polluting nearby bodies of water, negatively impacting water quality and aquatic ecosystems.

“It’s already in the sensitive area,” Lund said, referring specifically to the Grassy Mountain project. “There’s already been legacy mining up there decades ago, and there’s already an overwhelming amount of selenium in some of the lakes up there, so the economics of the thing don’t make sense and the conservation elements of it certainly don’t make sense.”

#blackstone #valoryresources #grassymountain #northback #waternotcoal #water

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2026-03-16 · 04:04 UTC

Country singer Corb Lund relaunches provincewide petition to ban new coal mining in Alberta's eastern slopes

#climatedefense #corblund #water #waternotcoal #northback #grassymountain

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-25 · 06:30 UTC

Country music star plans petition calling for ban on Alberta coal mining

Lund, who still lives and ranches in Taber area, near the banks of the Old Man River, downstream from the coal mines would be located, says he’s been fighting against coal mining for more than five years, but the campaign took on new urgency with news the government is developing a new coal mining policy.

“It’s called CIMI, it’s called the Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, which so far has only been consulting industry and not conservation groups, not the public,” said Lund.

#ethicalfading #climatedefense #corblund #cimi #regulatorycapture #citizensinitiative

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-25 · 06:30 UTC

Country music star plans petition calling for ban on Alberta coal mining

Lund, who still lives and ranches in Taber area, near the banks of the Old Man River, downstream from the coal mines would be located, says he’s been fighting against coal mining for more than five years, but the campaign took on new urgency with news the government is developing a new coal mining policy.

“It’s called CIMI, it’s called the Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, which so far has only been consulting industry and not conservation groups, not the public,” said Lund.

#ethicalfading #climatedefense #corblund #cimi #regulatorycapture #citizensinitiative

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-25 · 06:30 UTC

Country music star plans petition calling for ban on Alberta coal mining

Lund, who still lives and ranches in Taber area, near the banks of the Old Man River, downstream from the coal mines would be located, says he’s been fighting against coal mining for more than five years, but the campaign took on new urgency with news the government is developing a new coal mining policy.

“It’s called CIMI, it’s called the Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, which so far has only been consulting industry and not conservation groups, not the public,” said Lund.

#ethicalfading #climatedefense #corblund #cimi #regulatorycapture #citizensinitiative

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-25 · 06:30 UTC

Country music star plans petition calling for ban on Alberta coal mining

Lund, who still lives and ranches in Taber area, near the banks of the Old Man River, downstream from the coal mines would be located, says he’s been fighting against coal mining for more than five years, but the campaign took on new urgency with news the government is developing a new coal mining policy.

“It’s called CIMI, it’s called the Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, which so far has only been consulting industry and not conservation groups, not the public,” said Lund.

#electionsalberta #citizensinitiative #regulatorycapture #cimi #corblund #climatedefense

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-25 · 06:30 UTC

Country music star plans petition calling for ban on Alberta coal mining

Lund, who still lives and ranches in Taber area, near the banks of the Old Man River, downstream from the coal mines would be located, says he’s been fighting against coal mining for more than five years, but the campaign took on new urgency with news the government is developing a new coal mining policy.

“It’s called CIMI, it’s called the Coal Industry Modernization Initiative, which so far has only been consulting industry and not conservation groups, not the public,” said Lund.

https://kopitalk.net/c/alberta/p/83285/country-music-star-plans-petition-calling-for-ban-on-alberta-coal-mining

#ethicalfading #climatedefense #corblund #cimi #regulatorycapture #citizensinitiative

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-19 · 22:14 UTC

A Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much. [US data]

Canadians will have to live with the idea that humanity has failed to avoid a 1.5 C increase in temperature. We’re on course for more violent storms and other climate related challenges. Sadly, we cannot avoid the worst that Climate Change has in store for us, but we can at least start to either incentivize or impose stronger standards to building practices.

These can include neighbourhoods with more robust water engineering/control, resilient roofs, doors, windows, fences against wind or fire, and a re-evaluation of how appropriate it is building 6+ storey condominiums out of wood.

She considered selling, but found herself in a dilemma. As insurance costs have risen, area home values have fallen, dropping by 38 percent since 2020. The roadsides around her house are dotted with for-sale signs.

“They won’t insure you,” Ms. Rojas said. “No one will buy from you. You’re kind of stuck where you are.”

…

“Homeowners don’t appreciate or don’t understand that we are living in a much riskier world than we were 25 years ago,” Dr. Keys said. “And that risk? They have to pay for it.”

After analyzing 74 million home payments — which included mortgage, taxes and insurance and were made between 2014 and 2024 — the researchers found that a rapid repricing of disaster risk had been responsible for about a fifth of overall home insurance increases since 2017. Another third could be explained by rising construction costs.

#climatechange #climatedefense #insurance #property #housing

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-19 · 21:28 UTC

How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland

Canada’s got a serious problem - the US is not doing enough to control bird flu.

According to ProPublica’s Nat Lash:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture typically attributes bird flu outbreaks to failures of biosecurity — meaning farmers have not done enough to protect flocks from contamination by wild birds.

But my genomic analysis shows wild birds had little to do with this particular cluster of infections. Although the USDA said it tested nearly 1,000 virus samples in wild animals from December to April in Ohio and Indiana, no nearby wild birds were found infected with this outbreak’s strain.

I did find a strong predictor of infection during the first few weeks of this outbreak: whether a farm was downwind from that first contaminated facility. That pattern reinforced the suspicions of egg producers and some local officials that the virus may be spreading on the wind.

…

The USDA insisted that this particular outbreak was “unique” and “not representative” of the entire wave of bird flu that started in 2022, and that the “overwhelming majority” of infections stem from wild birds. The agency said its biosecurity strategy “remains rooted in real-time data, internationally recognized best practices and a commitment to transparency and continuous improvement,” and that it is “proactively assessing” the possibility of vaccinating poultry for bird flu.

Experts told me that understanding what drove this massive outbreak was important, and it didn’t seem like USDA was doing that work. The agency did not evaluate airborne transmission in this outbreak. It also doesn’t make it easy for others to do so, withholding key information that would allow journalists and researchers to evaluate the spread of the virus.

As infections surge again this fall, the USDA continues to urge farmers to improve biosecurity while it dismisses a significant way the virus could be spreading.

#climatedefense #birdflu

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-11-14 · 06:24 UTC

Globe and Mail exposes collusion with Australian coal grubbers by Alberta Energy Regulator CEO Rob Morgan

https://archive.li/HCGvt

So just to recap here, Alberta’s UCP hands over $238 M to resolve an issue that was essentially an unforced error to a bunch of Australian coal companies. Given how at least one of those coal companies was noted as belligerent, I trust that they made sure to let us know what they thought when they got the money from the UCP.

https://kopitalk.net/post/24925

[Edit: Vagueness] Among these companies, Valory is catching attention due to how the Alberta Energy Regulator has acted in an unprecedented manner.

From Alberta’s Big Payouts to Spurned Australian Coal Miners, by Andrew Nikiforuk,

Valory Resources, which wants to build a massive underground mine near Nordegg under 15,000 hectares of public land, told The Tyee that it has settled its lawsuit.

After the government cancelled its moratorium on coal exploration last January, Valory’s legal claim shifted “from a permanent expropriation claim to a temporary expropriation claim,” said Glenn Vassallo, head of corporate and project finance for Valory, in an email. Given the complicated nature of such a claim, “both Valory and the Alberta Government mutually agreed to settle and discontinue the claim.”

Asked if the Alberta Energy Regulator’s unprecedented cancelling of a public hearing on another Valory project was part of the mutual agreement, Vassallo replied, “No it was not.”

Now, about the AER’s unprecedented cancelling of a public hearing, it comes out that

A series of e-mails between the head of the Alberta Energy Regulator, a coal-mining company and the Energy Minister’s office about a mine application has raised questions about the independence of the province’s energy watchdog.
…
Nigel Bankes, a professor emeritus of law at the University of Calgary, said the e-mail exchange calls into question just how independent from government the AER really is.

“What is disclosed I think is very troubling,” Prof. Bankes said in an interview, noting that Mr. Morgan’s request for input from the minister’s office came within hours of Summit’s application to the AER.

While correspondence between the minister’s office and the regulator is to be expected, he said, “there should never be correspondence in relation to a current application before the AER.”

To do so “creates the apprehension … or the actuality of political interference.”

#ethicalfading #climatedefense #regulatorycapture

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-08-31 · 16:34 UTC

As it turns out, kicking the issue down the road for 60 years is not the equivalent to forever.

I don't wish to give the impression that I take the issue of access to clean water lightly, but some of the residents may have bet that they'd have passed on before those maintenance costs rolled on them in this timeline.

Oddly enough when one spoke of a nest egg as their property, I wondered if they factored in the potential of selling a property with no access to clean drinking water. 60 years of time would have presented options to address the issue that did not involve four figure monthly utility bills.

#ClimateDefense

#AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sage-mesa-residents-face-33-million-waterline-repair-bill-1.7620289

#climatedefense #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

runsmooth @[email protected] · 2025-07-07 · 21:04 UTC

From "US Spending on Climate Damage Nears $1 Trillion Per Year", Insurance as the hidden cost of climate change? I think observers have been writing about the issue for years now. That said, good to see an attempt to value the cost of "disaster recovery" and other "climate-related needs" for the US at $1 Trillion Dollars per year.

Shame the US has basically signalled that it gives up competing over EV and renewables technologies to rivals.

As for Canada - this is an opportunity to start discussion on how to incentivize the Climate Defense mentality to mitigate the cost of climate change. In turn, Canadians would stand to benefit from greater resilience. From solar panels, batteries, community gardens, neighbourhood grow projects, there's a lot of potential here.

#ClimateDefense

#AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli

RE: mastodon.energy/users/chrisnelder/statuses/114813731814794078

#climatedefense #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

LM @[email protected] · 2024-12-07 · 01:43 UTC

More signs that Western Auto Executives are just speechless in the face of EVs, batteries, and renewables rolling forward and literally costing them the market in China. Europe's carbon emission targets are also pushing them to innovate - yet VW and others still refuse.

Rules or regulations aside, people are generally going to forego their ICE car purchase until a proper EV arrives.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/nine-volkswagen-plants-strike-labour-battle-escalates-2024-12-02/

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-04-05 · 16:25 UTC

China has so much excess manufacturing capacity for EVs, batteries, solar panels etc that it will flood emerging economies with cheap clean energy technology to drive out oil and gas.

The opposite of what OPEC (and Alberta) think.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/yellen-faces-tough-road-chinas-excess-capacity-problem-2024-04-04/

https://mstdn.ca/@MarkhamHislop/112213348434455569

Further signs that the West has become too dug in and deeply seated with Oil and Gas. US GOV's only strategy is to slow electrification to give Domestic companies time to make the needed investments to change over.

There are anecdotes that even if the Domestic companies are selling EVs, their ability to maintain and service their own product is limited. Customers face relatively long wait times compared to ICE products. This is an incomplete roll out that shows how flat footed Western car companies are in the face of demand.

But, make no mistake, there's a movement underway to transform energy infrastructure. AB has a window of opportunity to keep up.

https://mstdn.ca/@MarkhamHislop/112219456471761467

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-04-05 · 16:15 UTC

Whoa.

Does this mean that legacy automakers like GM, Ford, VW, etc can't compete with small EVs?

If it does, then which portion of the market can they compete in?
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-scraps-low-cost-car-plans-amid-fierce-chinese-ev-competition-2024-04-05/

To follow up on Markham Hislop's comments, China's EV and battery companies are ramping up competition. Western domestic companies can barely figure out how to even make profit.

AB can still position itself properly by treating our Renewables Industry with the merits deserved. There is an incredible potential in AB for electric/renewable infrastructure if AB GOV was not so dedicated in mismanaging its energy file.

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-26 · 21:49 UTC

Keen observers will already point out that the AB Renewables industry is subject to exclusion zones due to protecting “pristine viewscapes”, but the Oil and Gas industry can reform the entire countryside with earthquakes caused by industrial activity.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/earthquake-shakes-fox-creek-shuts-down-northern-alberta-fracking-site-1.7156034

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-19 · 18:10 UTC

Microplastics and health
We're immersed in plastics and #fossilfuel companies want to keep it coming. We need to phaseout #plastics as rapidly as possible: Study links microplastics in arteries to huge increase in heart disease and death #microplastics #plastics #health https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/03/07/microplastics-found-in-human-arteries-linked-with-death-risk-increase/72877351007/

https://mstdn.ca/@larryneufeld/112123622929513477

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-if-alberta-is-serious-about-energy-project-cleanup-lets-start-with-the-oilsands

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#fossilfuel #plastics #microplastics #health #climatedefense #ableg

LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:54 UTC

Worse still, according to Phillip Meintzer, it appears “According to information obtained from the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), from 2010 to 2023, Alberta collected just 71 cents from oilsands operators to put toward cleaning up the vast toxic tailings spread across the landscape and to remediate mine sites. That’s less than one dollar collected over 13 years from some of the richest companies on the planet, which posted $38.3 billion in combined profits in 2022 alone.”

AB is holding a lot of baggage for Oil and Gas. Albertans should be asking Oil and Gas to pay up and clean up. To Premier Smith - AB’s strategy should not be a radio host’s strategy of selling messages like ad spots.

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:53 UTC

Premier Smith’s hard and soft renewables moratorium is part of a misguided attempt to squeeze any remaining value out of Oil and Gas Stranded Assets at the expense of other industries. AB would do well to note the other big players are repositioning themselves for the electrified future.

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-renewable-energy-pause-end/

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:52 UTC

So far, and perhaps in misguided fashion, companies like Toyota are offering hydrogen as an answer. But these alternatives are late. Toyota appears to be trying to soak up whatever they can from their hybrid models until they absolutely cannot. By then, it’s unclear whether Toyota will be able to even keep up - let alone match the environment of EV components that already exist in their superpower neighbour.

“According to a recent report by industry data provider MarkLines, Japan’s top automakers, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mazda, Mitsubishi, and Subaru, saw a 19.8% year-on-year decline in their car sales in China in the first half of 2023.”

https://asiafundmanagers.com/us/japan-loosing-ground-in-the-electric-vehicle-race/

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:51 UTC

The West is behind. Western countries have entangled themselves with Oil and Gas companies, and the existing power structures are simply trying to avoid being dethroned or slowing that process down. For Domestic Automakers, the West is trying to buy time for domestic business to at least reinforce positions in niche offers like trucks.

According to Kevin Dugan of the Intelligencer: “But if the U.S. is going to have a meaningfully electrified fleet, it needs the Big Three to sell these cars, which means making models that both appeal to the masses and earn them a profit — something that they haven’t quite figured out how to do.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/a-once-unthinkable-question-could-ev-sales-decline-in-2024.html

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:50 UTC

While pros and cons can be found in any technology, EVs promise efficiency. Over time, as battery chemistries are further mastered, this promise will be joined with lower costs of production.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/evs-more-efficient-than-internal-combustion-engines/

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:49 UTC

Chinese automakers have been cutting their teeth on EV technology - certainly not without its dangers or issues. But those lessons are already being built upon.

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/22/1189580644/china-dominates-the-ev-battery-industry-can-the-rest-of-the-world-catch-up

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:48 UTC

China is most likely the only major market where electrification is well underway. China’s renewables roll out, battery chemistry research, and EV companies have positioned themselves, and are posturing for what appears to be a second Asian Invasion of the North American car market by way of EVs and battery technology.

https://insideevs.com/news/708540/byd-mexico-tesla-china/

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LM @[email protected] · 2024-03-12 · 04:48 UTC

The West is behind on the electrification race. At this point the strategy is to buy time, but AB leaders should not be selling Albertans down the river to nowhere while we’re buying that time.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/hydrogen-fuel-cell-electric-vehicles-danielle-smith-zippy-1.6963522

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LM @[email protected] · 2023-12-18 · 00:22 UTC

AB GOV caught flat footed somehow in the face of back to back to back drought conditions. Smith and the UCP have no answer to why they abandon farmers year over year while the climate is literally changing before our eyes.

“southern Alberta is experiencing an exceptional drought, the driest it has been in the past 50 years…”

UCP planning begins in earnest in 2023. In the meantime, farmers cannot even pivot to renewables generation in peace.

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LM @[email protected] · 2023-12-18 · 00:07 UTC

“’It's unlikely to think this kind of pause and decision will have no impact on investment,’ said Sara Hastings-Simon of the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy. ‘It's hard to know how large [the impact] is, but we're in a competitive market to attract capital.’”

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-renewable-energy-moratorium-lingering-stumble-1.7061885

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LM @[email protected] · 2023-12-18 · 00:05 UTC

Canada will continue to incentivize for an electrified future. AB's devastating “own goal" for stranded gas generation and renewable moratorium will have unknown and potentially long lasting impact.

"CBC News has learned that Ottawa will release final regulations it says will ensure that all new passenger cars sold in Canada by 2035 are zero-emission vehicles, a senior government source said.”