Joan Baxter
@joanbaxter.bsky.social
Author, independent investigative journalist, member ICIJ global network - environment, climate, and corporate capture my obsessions - allergic to hypocrisy, propaganda and greenwashing grifters. Still writing after all these years. Opinions my own.
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Another great summary & critique of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal, courtesy of @thenarwhal.ca. I highly recommend the embedded video too:
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s Alberta pipeline deal | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ‘grand bargain’ isn’t just about an Alberta pipeline —it also proposes rolling back a host of climate policies
thenarwhal.ca
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Another great summary & critique of last week's Fed-Alberta energy deal, courtesy of @thenarwhal.ca. I highly recommend the embedded video too:
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
A guide to Carney’s pipeline deal — and the climate policies it weakens: thenarwhal.ca/carney-alber...
Wondering why the world doesn’t seem to celebrate or mourn the amazing and wonderful Lucky Dube, Reggae and Mbaqanga artist extraordinaire, tragically gunned down in Joburg in 2007 at the age of 43, the way it does other musical geniuses. youtu.be/gRsOW88x3dw?...
Lucky Dube - Live In Concert (Full Video)
YouTube video by Rasta Vibration
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November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Wondering why the world doesn’t seem to celebrate or mourn the amazing and wonderful Lucky Dube, Reggae and Mbaqanga artist extraordinaire, tragically gunned down in Joburg in 2007 at the age of 43, the way it does other musical geniuses. youtu.be/gRsOW88x3dw?...
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What does all this tell our children? It says that climate denial, racism, anti-trans, anti-vaxx, anti-Canada are all ok - do this and you too can be elevated to the "favorite child" position in the front seat of the car with Dad. 22/22
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
What does all this tell our children? It says that climate denial, racism, anti-trans, anti-vaxx, anti-Canada are all ok - do this and you too can be elevated to the "favorite child" position in the front seat of the car with Dad. 22/22
During a postal strike, making it sound as if his opponent was the Liberal PM, and neglecting to mention that his victory plan was to pillage and plunder the province’s democracy and resources. Teach those children well!
November 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
During a postal strike, making it sound as if his opponent was the Liberal PM, and neglecting to mention that his victory plan was to pillage and plunder the province’s democracy and resources. Teach those children well!
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"Guilbeault was, effectively, what stood between a somewhat healthy environment and the outright slide into fossil-fuel boosterism," writes @alexcoolfergus.bsky.social.
"The loss of his voice means that Canada is much more likely to become further entrenched in a petro-economy than ever before."
"The loss of his voice means that Canada is much more likely to become further entrenched in a petro-economy than ever before."
Canada needs more Steven Guilbeault
The loss of his voice means that Canada is much more likely to entrench its status as a petro-state.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"Guilbeault was, effectively, what stood between a somewhat healthy environment and the outright slide into fossil-fuel boosterism," writes @alexcoolfergus.bsky.social.
"The loss of his voice means that Canada is much more likely to become further entrenched in a petro-economy than ever before."
"The loss of his voice means that Canada is much more likely to become further entrenched in a petro-economy than ever before."
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My armchair psychologist's degree is diagnosing this as 'Projection' given #MarkCarney 's Energy & Natural Resources Minister #TimHodgson is championing the energy systems of the last 100 years instead of the next 100. Nostalgia indeed🙄 #LosingTheEnergyTransition #cdnpoli #MarkCarney
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
My armchair psychologist's degree is diagnosing this as 'Projection' given #MarkCarney 's Energy & Natural Resources Minister #TimHodgson is championing the energy systems of the last 100 years instead of the next 100. Nostalgia indeed🙄 #LosingTheEnergyTransition #cdnpoli #MarkCarney
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People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
People who care about climate change are “dreaming nostalgically about the past.” - Minister Hodgson
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
Gotcha. That explains a lot.
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This pipeline will never be built. But trying to build it is still a tragic waste of time and money at a time when we have neither to spare.
Stop wasting money on pipelines. Give us real nation-building projects.
📰 My latest in the Toronto Star, as we wait to see the final details today of this MOU between the governments of Alberta and Canada.
#Cdnpoli #EnergySky #Climate
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
📰 My latest in the Toronto Star, as we wait to see the final details today of this MOU between the governments of Alberta and Canada.
#Cdnpoli #EnergySky #Climate
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Stop wasting money on pipelines. Give us real nation-building projects
This week’s agreement between Ottawa and Alberta on a pipeline to B.C.’s north coast is the latest chapter in this weird, depressing tale of wasting tens of billions of dollars
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This pipeline will never be built. But trying to build it is still a tragic waste of time and money at a time when we have neither to spare.
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I give you megathread
Slow news day.
To catch you up, here's our universe of stories published and still to come on today's political tsunami.
To catch you up, here's our universe of stories published and still to come on today's political tsunami.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I give you megathread
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This is integrity - and a harsh condemnation of Carney from the best climate minister this country has ever had
👏👏 @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
I hope others have the courage to be as honest about what a disgrace Carney is
👏👏 @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
I hope others have the courage to be as honest about what a disgrace Carney is
#Breaking: Former environment minister Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet following Carney government's energy deal with Alberta
Steven Guilbeault resigns from Mark Carney’s cabinet
Before entering elected politics, Guilbeault was a famed environmentalist.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is integrity - and a harsh condemnation of Carney from the best climate minister this country has ever had
👏👏 @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
I hope others have the courage to be as honest about what a disgrace Carney is
👏👏 @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social
I hope others have the courage to be as honest about what a disgrace Carney is
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Something that is easy to forget in all the "Carney is a political genius / Carney is a political naif" argle bargle is that climate policies matter. Environmental regulations matter. Getting rid of them may or may not achieve a political end — but it's guaranteed to have real-world implications.
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Something that is easy to forget in all the "Carney is a political genius / Carney is a political naif" argle bargle is that climate policies matter. Environmental regulations matter. Getting rid of them may or may not achieve a political end — but it's guaranteed to have real-world implications.
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I think my favourite line in the press release is:
"The cleanest heavy oil on the planet"
"The cleanest heavy oil on the planet"
Carney caved on virtually all of Smith's demands. Updates to come.
BREAKING: Alberta gets its way in deal with Ottawa
A newly signed memorandum of understanding gives Alberta almost its entire list of demands, from the removal of regulations to the fast-tracking of a pipeline.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I think my favourite line in the press release is:
"The cleanest heavy oil on the planet"
"The cleanest heavy oil on the planet"
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Canada needs some kind of political party on the left that could take the place of PM Harper's Liberals. Some kind of new party, a democratic one maybe.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Canada needs some kind of political party on the left that could take the place of PM Harper's Liberals. Some kind of new party, a democratic one maybe.
Exactly. Wishful thinking has given this PM a leash that is far too long, so the fossil fuel lobby and Smith have been able to drag him places he should not have gone. Thank you, @jameswsthomson.com
Never been so mad to publish something.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Exactly. Wishful thinking has given this PM a leash that is far too long, so the fossil fuel lobby and Smith have been able to drag him places he should not have gone. Thank you, @jameswsthomson.com
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Values.
Steven Guilbeault, career environmentalist, resigns from Carney cabinet after announcement of energy deal with Alberta
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet after Carney, Smith sign energy deal
Mr. Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Values.
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This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
November 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This afternoon, I informed the Prime Minister of my decision to resign as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec.
You can find my full statement below.
You can find my full statement below.
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I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
As Carney-Smith pipeline deal looms, Catherine McKenna says oil companies can't be trusted. She would know
Justin Trudeau's first environment minister spoke with Canada's National Observer about misogyny, policy and broken promises.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but making deals with Alberta and the oilpatch
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
doesn't
fucking
work
Just ask the last person who tried.
“There are 20 Liberals from British Columbia in the House of Commons. If the Alberta deal goes ahead as predicted, there will be about five after the next federal election, retired Mount Royal University political scientist Keith Brownsey predicted Wednesday.”
@djclimenhaga.bsky.social: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doesn’t need a pipeline to Prince Rupert, she just needs Prime Minister Mark Carney to promise she can have one, with sketchy details to follow.
#abpoli #canpoli
#abpoli #canpoli
Danielle Smith Wins Even If a Pipeline Is Never Built | The Tyee
The deal with Carney boosts the premier. But a lot of people are going to hate it.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“There are 20 Liberals from British Columbia in the House of Commons. If the Alberta deal goes ahead as predicted, there will be about five after the next federal election, retired Mount Royal University political scientist Keith Brownsey predicted Wednesday.”
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Bravo to Min Guilbeault , a man of integrity who, along w/ Mme McKenna, did their best to help transition Canada to a green economy. An economy of today & tomorrow.
We are indebted to both.
PM @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social should take note of both our Environment Ministers’ integrity.
We are indebted to both.
PM @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social should take note of both our Environment Ministers’ integrity.
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Bravo to Min Guilbeault , a man of integrity who, along w/ Mme McKenna, did their best to help transition Canada to a green economy. An economy of today & tomorrow.
We are indebted to both.
PM @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social should take note of both our Environment Ministers’ integrity.
We are indebted to both.
PM @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social should take note of both our Environment Ministers’ integrity.
“At best, Mark Carney capitulated to Danielle Smith's backward view of the future. At worst, the Prime Minister shares that view.”
10 years ago Mark Carney warned about the "existential threat" posed by climate catastrophe and the need to move from fossil fuel burning.
Now he is using Stephen Harper's lines about becoming an "energy super power."
This is a powerful analysis on the MOU.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-pipeli...
Now he is using Stephen Harper's lines about becoming an "energy super power."
This is a powerful analysis on the MOU.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-pipeli...
The Pipeline MOU is a Tragic Failure of Vision
At best, Mark Carney capitulated to Danielle Smith's backward view of the future. At worst, the Prime Minister shares that view
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“At best, Mark Carney capitulated to Danielle Smith's backward view of the future. At worst, the Prime Minister shares that view.”
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10 years ago Mark Carney warned about the "existential threat" posed by climate catastrophe and the need to move from fossil fuel burning.
Now he is using Stephen Harper's lines about becoming an "energy super power."
This is a powerful analysis on the MOU.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-pipeli...
Now he is using Stephen Harper's lines about becoming an "energy super power."
This is a powerful analysis on the MOU.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-pipeli...
The Pipeline MOU is a Tragic Failure of Vision
At best, Mark Carney capitulated to Danielle Smith's backward view of the future. At worst, the Prime Minister shares that view
markhamhislop.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
10 years ago Mark Carney warned about the "existential threat" posed by climate catastrophe and the need to move from fossil fuel burning.
Now he is using Stephen Harper's lines about becoming an "energy super power."
This is a powerful analysis on the MOU.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-pipeli...
Now he is using Stephen Harper's lines about becoming an "energy super power."
This is a powerful analysis on the MOU.
markhamhislop.substack.com/p/the-pipeli...
Kudos to @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social for standing up for the climate. It is beyond disappointing to see the prime minister pander to pro-Trump, healthcare- and climate-wrecking Premier Smith, and to the fossil fuel lobby, betraying Indigenous rights and B.C. Where are those “Value(s)”?
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Kudos to @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social for standing up for the climate. It is beyond disappointing to see the prime minister pander to pro-Trump, healthcare- and climate-wrecking Premier Smith, and to the fossil fuel lobby, betraying Indigenous rights and B.C. Where are those “Value(s)”?
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@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social proving he has moral courage & a spine 👏✊
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@stevenguilbeault.bsky.social proving he has moral courage & a spine 👏✊
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Can someone share the math/plan with me as to how we (Canada) will achieve its Paris targets, as reconfirmed in the House 2 weeks ago by Mark Carney?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Can someone share the math/plan with me as to how we (Canada) will achieve its Paris targets, as reconfirmed in the House 2 weeks ago by Mark Carney?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance